Okay, I'm jumping forward a few months.
April 22, 2011 - Kate's fourth grade class reenacted the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. (From Wikipedia, A Land Run is an historical event in which previously-restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first arrival basis.) The 1889 Land Run took place on April 22 at high-noon. When the whistle was blown (safer version of starter pistol), the kids, grouped into families, ran to stake out their land.
Each member had to provide supplies, rope, stakes, blanket. Kate was the mother of her family so we provided the covered wagon. After "her son" returned with the deed, the family settled in for lunch under the hot Oklahoma sun.
My favorite part, when she hopped in the wagon and had her "husband" pull her back to the school building. (BTW, "husband" is the same boy who gave her a necklace for Valentine's Day.)
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