I don’t know if any of the children told you, but we had an evacuation yesterday. Miss Molly smelled gas and called the gas company and they told us to evacuate the building. We quickly bundled the children into their coats and took them across the street. The fire truck came whirling down the road to the children’s delight and they checked the place out. It seems that someone put a little too much gas smell in the lines a station up from us and caused that awful gas smell outside OUR building and the buildings around us. We were very grateful it was a nothing deal. I’m glad Molly was on her toes.

We practiced the play a little yesterday to get a feel for who will play who. It was really cute.

We tried soybeans yesterday. Some of the kids really liked them. They are a cross between peas and lima beans.

We are sending a letter home today about our summer program. Please give us feedback. It’s important to us to know what you like and don’t like. And if you’ve spent a summer with us, please let us know which field trips your children liked best. This always helps.

We were able to play outdoors yesterday, and we will do it again today. It’s a blessing for the kids to go outdoors and shake off some of the cabin fever. Our usual schedule is to let them go out before and after lunch, so they have been missing a lot of outdoor time this winter.

Thanks for all the kudos about the playroom. It’s working out very well. Getting circle time out of the playroom allows us to have more play room and a quieter place for music and circle time. Trying to get the children’s attention when there are so many distractions is tough. Now Miss Amy can play the piano and sing with the children which is so nice for us.

Happy Leap Year!