More Sights of California

First as we leave the hotel we see the buildings and streets and a man on the car, describes all of the buildings as we pass them. We come to the grounds where San Francisco will hold the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Then we come to the park called Golden Gate Park. It contains 1013 acres, and two dutch windmills furnish the water, one is 120 feet from tip to tip of the fans and the other is 80 feet. There is a small lake only 18 inches deep so small children can play in it. We see peacocks in the trees and an ostrich. They have a large buffalo heard. The man said if we saw one, we would see all, sure enough they were there, can you guess what they were? Well it was elks.
Next we come to the Presidio, it contains 1542 acres.
We could see the Alcatraz Island and the Military Prison of the U.S. Then we came to Sutro Heights Private Garden. We got out of the car and walked through it we went to the edge where we could see the seal rocks, we saw one swimming around in the water. A ways out in the water was a buoy, it was shallow waters there. Then we came back and get in the automobile, and started in the Sutro Heights we had our own picture taken, then as we came back we got them. We went through the park again, we saw the children's playgrounds where there were swings by the hundreds. We came back by the place where there was a lot of children playing, the man said now don't be offended if they children hollor rubber necks at you. Sure enough we got there they hollored rubber necks, rubber necks, because we were in a car that they called rubber necks. We got off at our hotel.


Just a little visual for your circa 1900's

All I Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten

Our first year of the adventure of all day kindergarten in Rapid City. It is March and right about now we are seeing the line between who was really ready for all day and which kiddos still need a nap.

It reminded me of one of my favorite books, like all time favorites. I mean so much that if you don't have it, tell me and I will buy it for you! The one that is called...you guessed it, Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten. You know, he has that nice "hold hands", "look both ways", "eat milk and cookies" warm fuzzy stuff in his chapter about kindergarten. Well, let me tell you friends that is hogwash, and defintiely not until first grade maybe even second.

THIS is what we really learn in kindergarten....

First month of little cold and hot pack lunches...Tears followed by "where are the McDonald's Nuggets and fries", and we are still trying to figure out that we open the milk where the ARROW is, not where it ISN'T

What's your name? Umm honey what's your name?? Drag kindergartener to office (because I was redirecting her) and ask secretary, "What is this kid's NAME" Teach your child to say their name, PLEASE

That it is ok to punch my math partner because...She took all the red chips

That it is ok to punch the person who asked me to share the swing.

That if someone steps on my shoelace (obviously untied because my parents don't believe in that magic stuff called velcro) and then causes me to trip, that it is perfectly ok for me to jump up and tackle them so bad the Fridge from Chicago Bear's days would be proud.

If you keep a pretend bubble in your mouth in the hallway, it is supposed to keep you quiet, notice supposed to.

That for the 100th time, no you can't make a gun with legos or the math cubes.

That you can't take that football home and pretend you got it from the treasure box.

That hiding under a desk and crying because someone cut in front of you in line will always get you a trip to see Mrs. Daniel. Always.

These are the things we really learned in kindergarten, and the most important one, that some you just still need a NAP!!

Happy Tuesday Ladies

I know you are all out there. Busy with hockey, crafting, taking care of family members with blended food. I hope you each have a great Tuesday. This week's word at school that I shared...

Patience

I am seeing that my weekly word reflects what I NEED for the week.  AND that most weekly words come from within.

Wishing you patience this week, if you need it. If not, send it my way:)

California

We have lots of journeying yet ladies, keep staying tuned in.

We run in the snow sheds, we are in them, when dark comes we were still in the snow shed it was almost like being in a tunnel. Once in a while we could see out. We passed a lake called Donner Lake it was 5 miles across and it didn't look like it was a quarter of a mile we were so much higher than it was. Grandma and Della sit up to see Sacremento but the rest of us went to bed, in the morning we were in Oakland. We got up and went down to the depot and on the other side a big ferry boat was there. We got on it and rode across the bay 7 miles on water, it was on Sunday morning, it just takes us 20 minutes to cross and didn't seem like we were going fast. I like to watch the little sea gulls ride the waves. Going across we saw several other ships, some with sails and some with masts. When we got off we went through a large depot and a bus met us there and taken us to the Grand Hotel. The Hotel was 5 stories high, were were in the top one. After they showed us our rooms we went and got breakfast. We layed down and rested for we were tired of riding so much, we had been on the train for 11 days and nights.

Just before noon one of Aunt Clara's friends Mrs. Baugus, came to the hotel after we had our dinner we went down to the engine house where one of their friends works. He took us up stairs, we went up the winding stairs and showed us their bedroom then up another story to their gymnasium. We came back down the bedroom they have a brass pole about 4 inches thick just as slick as can be. He says now you watch me go down the pole, "now this is the way", before he had hardly said it he was down to the foor. We went down to the bottom again he showed us the fire engine and harness that hangs up you just put the horses under the by the tongue and the harness drops on them and they are ready to go. We now go back to the Hotel for we have to hurry we are going on a sight seeing trip in a runnerneck car or a 7 seated automobile.