Kindy 500

Our kindergarten has a great tradition: The Kindy 500. I can say it is great because I am not currently working on a Kindy car. It is fun, but tons of work. The teachers put in even more work. It really is amazing what they pull off. As a culmination of their unit on our country, each student makes a "car" from a cardboard box. They get to parade through the halls of the school, showing off their creations to the rest of the students and the parents who come to watch and take pictures/videos so they can document all blood, sweat and tears that went into making the cars. Then they "drive" them across America, stopping at famous landmarks (Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, etc.). The kids love it.

Ally decided she wanted a bus. We decided we did not want to mess with paint this time around so we tried yellow duct tape. It worked rather well. We added some windows, complete with passengers (I cut out our family's faces and Ally took care of our hair and clothing), headlights, taillights, suspenders and voila! We had a pretty great bus. That crazy pigeon even sneaked aboard. I assure you that Ally did all the driving, however. (If you have not read the pigeon books by Mo Willems, you are missing a real treat).




She had a great time at school, even if her arms got tired lugging that big bus around all morning. (We will have to think VW Bug for Brook.) Brook had fun watching the parade with her friends who also have Kindergarten siblings. Look out! These three blondies will be racing their own Kindy cars before we know it. Thanks again to the teachers and volunteers that made it all possible. I am so grateful my kids are making happy elementary school memories.