Geer School

Chris chaperoned Leah's trip to Geer School which is an old one room school house in our district. Fun fact: Leah's aunts actually went there for a few years when the district was over crowded. They opened back up the school and divided it into 2 rooms--a K-2 room and a 3-5 room. 

Over his semi-paternity leave, Chris grew quite the beard. He decided to get into character and look historical as possible for Leah. He had quite the look. Every time I looked at him (his facial hair especially), I just started laughing. I think it should be his regular look. 

Leah had a lot of fun picking out his clothes and was very particular, making him change a few times and put on some different outfits. Juliet was a little jealous that it's not her year to go to Geer School. Because Leah was in a split class last year, she has got to go twice. Good thing--it's by far her favorite field trip. She loves all the activities there and the fun stuff you get to take home, like a quill and marbles. 

They didn't smile for pictures because that is how it was in the days of yore. 

Leah's class

 Leah's teacher pulled her aside and asked if she could "get in trouble" for talking to show the class what you would have to do in "olden times" (as Leah refers to it). Leah is such a rule follower and would never actually get in trouble at school. She said yes, but once she was home said, "I didn't like doing that--it was okay because I knew it wasn't real, but I didn't like it."

 Quite the bonnet, Leah!

Last year I'm conviced she got head lice from this trip. They all put on a "Dunce" cap and take pictures in it. 3 weeks later--LICE! This year she kept her bonnet on the entire time and didn't even take it off for the dunce pictures. 

 After the trip, Chris went to see whether he could find Juliet on the playground. Remember, he had quite the look. At the fence he looked for Boo. He was immediately approached by one of the recess teachers thinking he was a creeper. Ha! Luckily he found Juliet and his story of being a dad wanting to say good-bye to his other daughter was confirmed.