Valentine's Day and sticks

I got a Valentine package today from my momma!



Psalm 136
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.
to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
who by his understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.
to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His love endures forever.
and brought Israel out from among them
His love endures forever.
with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His love endures forever.
to him who divided the Red Sea[a] asunder
His love endures forever.
and brought Israel through the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His love endures forever.
to him who led his people through the wilderness;
His love endures forever.
to him who struck down great kings,
His love endures forever.
and killed mighty kings—
His love endures forever.
Sihon king of the Amorites
His love endures forever.
and Og king of Bashan—
His love endures forever.
and gave their land as an inheritance,
His love endures forever.
an inheritance to his servant Israel.
His love endures forever.
He remembered us in our low estate
His love endures forever.
and freed us from our enemies.
His love endures forever.
He gives food to every creature.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His love endures forever.

Most of us had a pretty full Valentine's Day since it was on a Monday this year.

I had class just about all day but sometimes class can be fun. We went to give a book talk (i gave one on dance to some very cute and excited kindergarteners) and went to the science museum to see all kinds of fun animals.

The alligators live with the turtles-its amazing how the alligator just rests its head on the turtle's back, such opposites of strength in nature, yet they live together! If you turn an alligator on its back, he will go unconscious. They also adapt to whatever temperature environment surounds them.

The gopher tortoise was grumpy because he wanted to go for a walk so he was pushing over all the stuff in his pen. I think I could just sit and watch animals for a long time. He was making quite the racket during a speech!

The Eastern Indigo Snake can shoot some not so pleasant stuff a very far distance and also eats venomous snakes! Their tongues are amazing!

We saw some sort of albino fish, which was cool. Because they are all white and don't have any sort of camouflage, they get eaten rather quickly.

We also saw these turtles that slap each other around, they do have a purpose for this odd behavior. If you really want to know, I will tell you the secret behind this funky little play time.

There was a very old dogwood and we were reminded that the dogwood is the tree that the cross of Jesus was made. The Judas tree as well, always grows crooked.

We were good little students and stayed around after our tour....we just HAD to go through the butterfly exhibit. I got my card stamped and everything!

I learned today that my country, America, is named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was a map maker and everyone kept seeing his name on the bottom of maps.

In other news...you know your an El Ed major when you 1. Take pictures of all the American flags on the way home from the store. 2. Your only reason to go outside is to find a small tree for your project. 3. It's 11:00 pm and you, again, go outside to look for sticks because there has to be some sort of creative way to represent the Underground Railroad...

-Life as an Education Major.