For the past 6 weeks Jayne's class (all the 4th and 5th graders) at school have been working with a resident artist learning about the Tlingit (KLING kit), the Haida (HIGH duh) and the Tsimshian (SIM she ann) native tribes of Southeast Alaska. They have learned how to introduce themselves in the native tongue. They have learned about the art and form styles used in totems and the meanings behind the symbols. They even had the opportunity to make a deer skin drum (Goo-jow), including soaking the deer skin and stretching it over the wood drum frame and letting it set until it hardened. Once it was completely dry they got to draw their chosen native symbol on the drum and the paint it. They look SO COOL! They even made their own drum stick using a stick, fabric, buck leather, and deer tendon, which was used as the string to tie it all together. This past week the students performed for the rest of the school, singing a song/chant in the native tongue. It is a welcome message...
We had a really fun Halloween this year! Jacy had a great time dressing up and getting LOTS of candy! On Tuesday Oct. 30th we had a ward Trunk-Or-Treating party at the church. Jacy got to play lots of games and got lots of candy. The kids also got to be in a costume parade. She dressed up as a beautiful ladybug! Jake hung out his first Halloween as a Pea-In-The-Pod. They were both SO ADORABLE!!!!! On Wednesday 
night Jacy was a little tired and grumpy and really didn't want anything to do with dressing up as a lady bug or going Trick-Or-Treating. We finally talked her into dressing up as Cinderella and she soon changed her tune when all her friends from daycare showed up to Trick-Or-Treat at our house. She was so excited and we ended up joining them for the rest of the evening. 
She really made a haul with the candy! Jacy wakes up each morning and the first thing she asks for is her "orange bucket". She is having fun getting to choose 2 treats out of her "orange bucket" after lunch each day. What a great Halloween it was!
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