None-the-less, as promised after school I walked ‘Across’ with the kids to go skating at one of the home rinks. I had 12 kids at school and 10 came skating plus a couple extra from other grades. The short cut was by far the most trying component of the whole excursion. Some of the snow was almost up to my waist once we got off the road in a couple of spots – as opposed to just my knees. I’ll admit I was a little surprised at there being open water where we crossed one of the river’s small tributaries. The kids use some rocks to get across and hope their toes stay dry. Once through this part of the obstacle course, I attempted to crawl as quickly and as gracefully up the hill as I could. Oh the trials of a teacher! Skating was great fun with only one minor injury and the kids have been asking me all week when I’m coming again. The line between having a bit of a life and being professional is a little more skewed up here.
Tuesday showed more blizzard but by Wednesday it was really just being blown around. So while some of the drifts were a bit out of hand, I don’t think we really got too much more. The kids have been having heaps of fun making trails with the ski-doos. There are three girls here from an organization called Elephant Thoughts doing an environmental science workshop with the classes. We went in for an hour and half on Wednesday and learned about different types of energy, how we get it, use it, and conserve it. The kids had a lot of fun, especially with the static electricity ball!
We celebrated a couple of birthdays this week so I tried making mini cheesecakes, one batch classic vanilla and the other chocolate. I couldn’t find any Oreo cookie crumbs so I had to make some... I’ve never eaten so many Oreos in one sitting before. They both turned out though and were thoroughly enjoyed. I forgot to make the promised chocolate chip cookies for today until nearly midnight last night so I got to bed a little later than usual but at least the cookies were fresh J
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