Native American Festival

Kayla's school combined all the kindergartens (2 morning, 2 afternoon, 1 all-day) for a big Thanksgiving party this morning. We had to go early, and I'm ashamed to admit Kayla got her first blue slip for being late. She is definitely not a morning person, and short of dragging her we were lucky to get there as the bell rang. The kids all had a blast getting to run around the gym.

Kayla's group was the first to partake of the feast. They had chips, jerky, all kinds of dried fruit, Swedish fish, raisins, pretzels, popcorn, sunflower seeds, and water. The kids only had 10 minutes to get their food and eat. Most of them still had full plates when it was time to switch stations. Allie refused to waste perfectly good food. She stayed there and ate with the next group and then the next. She is our eating machine.
After eating the kids made a papoose using brown bags. Then they got to make noodle and fruit loop necklaces. They also got to pick out Native American symbols to have painted on their faces. Kayla choose winter and a tee pee. Allie just got a tee pee.
Then they got to have a tug of war and arm wrestle. They first tried 6 boys against 10 girls; the girls won hands down. Then they took two girls to the boys side to give them 8 verses 8. The all girls side still won easily.

The kids got to go fishing and then cook their fish. They also got to try and spear a buffalo.

Finally they were lucky enough to have some dancers come. The kids were pretty impressed with all the different dances (one of the kindergartners and his family were the performers), but this guy was their favorite. He used up to 29 hoops. He made everything from a flower and a butterfly to an eagle and a galloping horse. I've never seen anything like it before. Then they got all the kids moving in a dance too.