halloween 2014

the kids were really into greek mythology this year and so it was very fun to make these pretty easy costumes! mahala wanted to be artemis, goddess of the hunt, and noble wanted to be poseidon, god of the sea. i am not really sure why they came up with these particular characters, but they were pretty recognizable with artemis having the bow and arrow and poseidon having his trident. douglas and i did 5 minute costume on halloween day to be medusa and zeus. fortunately we were not rained out and took part in the usual school parade and thriller dance, downtown parade and dominga trick or treating.

age of sail

one of the big field trips in 5th grade is the age of sail which is an overnight on a ship from the early 1900's. it is a re-creation of life of a sailor back then. the kids are the crew and they do all of the work following the rules of the strict captain. mahala was in the rope tying group. they ate food cooked by the galley group. they slept on hard wood floors and received letters from "back home" (us). they woke up early to do chores and finally hoisted their teacher up in the air with ropes (he was not following the rules!)