Safari - Trip 1

These photos were taken on Friday, June 19th. I went to the safari by myself! I went early, right after I dropped the kids off at school.
Going early afforded me the opportunity to go at my leisure and to lag around as long as I wanted without someone urging me to move along. :)
It was a lovely drive to Jackson, N.J., though very cloudy.
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Gift for Liam's Teacher/Last Day of School

Bittersweet ending of the school year...saying goodbye to a beloved teacher.
Mrs. Pelcak giving Kaylie a hug as a thank you for the gift.
Last picture with his teacher before leaving school.

Free for all water balloon fight. I was the only person excepted out because of my camera, otherwise, I'd have gotten wet. Mrs. deMenezes had just told the class that they could throw their water balloons at her if they wanted to. :) Liam threw it at her, but missed. Then he tried throwing it at Mrs. Trophe, but missed, too, and it burst.

Wow, can he contort or what?!
Liam flipping sponges a la Spongebob.
Liam's school party - Water balloon toss. His team won!
One final pict. before I delivered the gift.
The kids with cupcakes in hand heading out to school.
Closeup
Closeup of double mat and dedication
I also designed a card, to go along with the framed layout. The message inside was handwritten by the kids.

Font: Courier New
A Perfect Day With Kaye Winiecki By Flergs
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Backward staple by Jenn Patricks
Liam's personalized note to his teacher.


The advantage of helping out at school is that I get to take lots of photos at the parties. :)
I made a compilation of photos ranging from 1st day of school to the last event that we had prior to end of school. I tried to include a picture of all of the children in the class, along with their names. Above is the finished project.

Bg. paper, clouds and circle from Studio GlamFairy "Pop Summer."
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School bus by BTS
Study round tag and 2plus 2 label by Chari Originals Back 2 School
Report card ppr. from School Daze by KSharonK.
Crayon from School Days XXL kit by Baersgarten @ SBG
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Double mat, ribbon and frame purchased at WalMart. Metal tag purchased at JoAnn Fabrics.
Volcano and Lava from Love My Dino (full kit) by Baersgarten @ SBG
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Gift for Liam's Teacher/Last Day of School

Teacher's gift

Digital page
Digital page printed - details.
Framed layout.
Close-up of framed layout.

I've been going crazy trying to think of something to give to the kids' teachers. So, I ended up doing a layout with pictures of all of the kids in the class during different activities throughout the year. I hope they like the framed layouts.

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Teacher's gift

Sunday: Earth Day Fair

Prehensiled-tailed Skink The Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels was present at the fair. However, their contribution was pitiful at best. The only live animals present were the Skink and a rabbit. They also had a display of feathers and skins from a crocodile, a lion and a snake.
Desert Turtle - The Turtle Lady had this humongous Desert Turtle out in the open, as well as Snapping Turtles.
American Kestrel (falcon)
Barred Owl.
Red-tailed Hawk. The Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge Ctr. was at the fair, like last year, and brought along 3 birds that have been rescued: Falcon, Hawk and Owl. The birds are so beautiful...I just love them.
Kaylie "milking" a cow.
The kids' craft table was fun. It had dirt, sand, seeds, rocks, cotton, twigs, leaves, feathers, and seed pods. They could use any material they wanted in making their creation. This is mine. :)

The kids loved coming down the big slide. But at a buck each time, I could only afford for them to go 2 times.





There was a fabulous quartet playing music...they had some recycled items such as jug jars, washing tubs, spoons, etc. They played "My Dear Mr. Shane" and "When The Saints Come Marching In." They invited the kids to come play, but Liam refused. Kaylie, on the other hand, went up and played the maracas. Liam was was holding out for the funnel cake. :)
Bang the Trash. The kids playing "music" on recycled plastic bottles, metal, etc.
Alpacas
Love, love, love the motion blur I captured here. Can you see it?
One of my favorite parts of the fair is seeing the crafters spin the wheels to make yarn. This particular person was spinning sheep's wool.
Here's a close up of the train...all grocery store plastic bags.
Miranda's dress' train is made up of plastic bags.
Miranda, the Green Queen.

Sunday: Earth Day Fair