Happy Mother's Day

We would like to wish everyone a very happy Mother's Day.  We hope everyone had a lovely day!

The children gave their mothers a Christmas cactus along with a card and picture (photo follows).  We would like to share our Christmas cactus planting experience with you.  Way back in January, one of our parents, V.'s and E.'s mom, gave us a portion of her large Christmas cactus plant.  This cactus plant provided us with a lovely opportunity for the children to experience another way of starting a plant, besides planting seeds. 

This is what we did.  The children made cuttings from the original plant. They then put some potting soil in a pot and placed some cuttings in the soil.  

Over the next few months we placed them in the sun in the upstairs classroom and watered them sparingly.  The plants thrived and every single one survived!  In November/December their mothers can look forward to beautiful white and pink blooms.

We also made a card for our mothers by asking the children a few questions about their mothers.  Some of the answers were hillarious while others truly touched our hearts.  Here is one of the cards.