Evie's School Garden

Some of the teachers at the twins' preschool wanted to do something to rememember Evie.  We all decided on a memorial garden, with a birdbath and a stone carved with her name.  She was in the Bluebird Room, after all, and she loved being a "bluebird!"  We decided to set it up in the spring, and since I had a volunteer day coming up, we did it then.

I started out with Gavin's class.  I have never seen him more excited to get ready for school.  Usually we have an argument over getting dressed in the mornings, but not that day!  Gavin kept saying," Let's go!  I'm so excited!"

While kids are arriving, and before circle time, they play with "table toys."

Next it was Motor time.  The Cat class rides bikes on Tuesdays (the day I was there):

Then it was time to plant.  Both the Cat room and Bluebird room helped plant flowers by Evie's birdbath.

Thank goodness Mrs. Kelleher, the kids' speech therapist, is a gardener!  She helped to keep things organized:

The garden is right outside the windows of the Bluebird Room.  Grandpa Cermak brought the banner that he hangs up at his softball games:

All finished!

Gavin helped water a little more:

After we planted, the kids from both classes sang a song about gardening, and how each of us is a flower.  It was a sweet morning!