The Sign of the Bat

Mr. TOF was super excited to go to the Lester River Rendezvous, which is a historical reenactment of a voyageur camp that happens at the end of September on the edge of town each year.  His first grade class has been learning all about voyageurs, and this kid loves a good thematic learning unit.  He has been super inspired by voyageurs for about two weeks, drawing pictures of canoes, pretending, even trying to come up with a voyageur costume of his own.  Every day has has arrived home from first grade with new facts to tell me about voyageurs.  I love it!  Saturday was a day filled with drop offs and pick ups for all of his big siblings heading to various places, so he and Dr. Peds headed off to the rendezvous with a neighbor, all by themselves.  He was especially excited to ride the train that shuttled people across town to the celebration.

He came home ready to tell me all about it, and sporting this awesome bat face painted on his forehead.  He was so proud of the bat and felt like a true superhero for the rest of the day.

This was his face when he learned that he would have to wash his face before church the next day: