Master Kenneth

Every year the fourth graders go on a field trip to the Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor.  I've actually never been to the museum but they say it's quite good.  Instead of just having the kids walk around the museum, they make the kids get into character by dressing like a child from 1901 (they are also given a typical name from the 1900's - London's was Kenneth).  They send home a suggested list of clothes and then the rest is up to you.  This is what we came up with for London - I think he looks adorable!  That hat really suits him! (Believe it or not, it was Stevie's when I first met him.)

Not only did they recommend that the kids dress the part, they also suggested they pack a period-appropriate lunch.  No juice boxes or fruit roll ups aloud!  I made some homemade oatmeal cookies and homemade bread for his jelly sandwich (yes, I was feeling particularly over-achieving that morning) and packed a pear.  The sheet said no oranges or bananas because you wouldn't have found those in Washington.

They have a mock one-room school house where the kids get a real 1901 class experience.  I hear the school marms even discipline those misbehaving by having them put their nose on a desk while kneeling on one knee or whacking them on the knuckles!  In case you were wondering, this did not happen to London.

London's class (he's in the back row left)

Enjoying his jelly sandwich on homemade bread