Southside Elementary & Junior High

I spent today (the first day of Clean Air Week) at Southside Elementary & Junior High in Lebanon, TN teaching approximately 900 K-8th grade students about air quality! They were super kids and made it a lot of fun. I'm feeling it now though! I'm tired and my feet are aching! I did seven presentations in a row!! I don't know how teachers do it all day! This was my first time going into the schools for my new job, but hopefully not the last. Here are some pictures from today!

Those are 4th graders who are taller than me!

I had the most fun with the little ones. These were 1st & 2nd graders who were acting out the levels of the Air Quality Index for me.

Becky's Latest Creation

Since I haven't posted in a little while, I thought I would show our five faithful readers what I made our niece for her birthday. Abby turned two last week! We weren't able to go to the party this weekend because I had to work the Nashville Earth Day Festival. We heard they had lots of fun though.

Marta gave me the idea last year, but I ended up making the rag doll instead. I painted the stool and her name and used rub-on decals for the birds and flowers. Then I sprayed it with a clear coat to seal it all.

Here's a picture of Abby playing with Uncle Jeff in February. He was teaching her how to dump all 64 Crayons onto the floor at once... hence the guilty looks from both of them!

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