Ashlyn has a wonderful kindergarten teacher who thinks up many creative ways for the students to learn the curriculum. One of her favorite activities is the Kindy 500, where unwilling parents get to help their overly excited child make a vehicle from a cardboard box. All the kindergarten students then come and drive around to different locations to learn about some of the more prominent landmarks and historical figures in our country; receiving a souvenir at each stop.
We've been lucky enough to have this same teacher for all of the kids, so this Kindy 500 was our 4th (and final) time to experience this event. The smartest plan would have been to save Nate's car and recycle it for Caleb, Lauren and Ashlyn. But, each of the cars went in the garbage bin a couple weeks after the event, necessitating that I start from scratch each time. I am now proficient in turning cardboard boxes into: taxis, post office trucks, ice cream trucks, and ambulances.
The best part of the Kindy 500 was just after we visited the Statue of Liberty. We were in the hall, going to our next station, and a reporter from the newspaper was there talking to the kids. He stopped Ashlyn and asked her where the Statue of Liberty was located. She quickly responded, "Over there," as she pointed to the room we just came out of. We'll have to wait and see if those geography genes are dormant or non-existent.
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