Travelling with Mr 'Davo' Devil

Hello from British Columbia, Canada!  We (Grade Ones) were so surprised and excited to receive Mr. Davo Devil last week!  Mr. Davo is a darling and has made a new stuffie friend, Monty the Moose!  Davo is friendly and quite quiet- lol!  The children have made Davo another pipe cleaner beaded necklace which he will wear on his travels!  As well, Davo has a Canadian Flag earring on!  Friday, we will be sending Mr. Davo off on another journey to GA, USA.  Thank you for sending Mr. Davo to us!  We learned a lot about Tasmanian Devils and made a new friend!

Mrs. Nielsen and class

xox

I went home to Clifton’s house with him and Caleb on the bus. I first played hockey and scored. Then Caleb and I faced off on the Playstation. I ran on the treadmill to burn some calories.  After that I read the Lost Hero and munched on a fudge cookie. I was a superstar playing wiffleball against Caleb and Clifton. I met Bluin the big blue bear, Clifton’s stuffed animal like me. I layed down some funky tunes on the piano. I also met all-star hockey defenseman Zdeno Chara and went to outer space. To end my day I played bongos and pool.

We say good-bye with a VoiceThread.

I went home with Grant and his Mom took lots of pictures. She made the pictures into a book and everyone in class enjoyed reading it together.  Grant’s Mom said I could send it home to my friends back home in Mrs. Wyatt’s class for us to keep!  Cool beans! Thanks Grant!

Let’s take a look at it so you can see my adventure.

 
Grant and Davo

Here’s a report from Claire and her family on the visit by Davo to their home this week.

Hello, there.
I have to say, Davo was a delightful guest. He was treated to a simple afternoon of playing around in the yard and joined us for our first cookout/eat out of the year… in March (!)

We trekked around looking for what’s blooming in the woods and found some rogue crocus and some johnny jump ups.

We let Davo get a closer look at a woodpecker hole

and he worried the hens a bit when we went to collect eggs.

He’s a big fan of the tire swing (Claire held him tight), but we think he likes swings in general.  We found him waiting for a push.

We wish him well in his journeys. We look forward to following his exploits online and hope he continues to have fun!

~Bob, Amy and Claire

I had a wonderful time in Ohio and now I’m making a couple of stops in Massachusetts.  That’s in the northeastern part of the United States.  The children in Mrs. Poulin’s Kindergarten class were excited to find me in their mailbox on Monday morning.  I’ll be moving on again at the end of this week.

I know Mrs. Poulin was sorry I never made it to the largest St. Patricks Day Parade with her, but what she didn’t know was I was right there on the other side of the street!  I’d decided to stop by on my own since the mailman couldn’t get me to the school in time.  Here’s a picture that Mrs. Poulin took of Mr. Poulin and their daughter Heather.  The parade was just grand!

   I  am spending the night with one of my new friends Grant,  so I’ll have lots more to talk about in my next post.  I am happy to meet so many new friends and everyone treats me very nicely.  Here is a picture of me with my new friend Grant.   He made me a new collar of colorful beads.Boy is it warm here. Today the temperature was well over 80F and that is record heat for March in this area! The new school garden will be ready for planting in no time but for now we are planting seeds of friendship!

I went home with Joren my second night in Ohio.  When we first left school, we had to walk out to the bus in the rain.  It wasn’t too bad though, because Joren kept me dry under this big red and white umbrella.  Usually Ohio has snow in the winter, but this winter, its been almost all rain.   After dinner, Joren and I went to play tennis with his mom, dad and brother.

As part of my visit to Washington, I got to go home with Andrew, a kindergarten Bulldog Reader! He took me to Seattle to see some of the sites there! We thought about going up the Space Needle, but I’m afraid of heights, so I said, “No, thank you!”

I had a fun time with the Bulldog Readers in Washington. Now I’m on my way back to the east coast to visit some new students!

First we went to the Seattle Center, where the Seattle Space Needle is located. you can see it in the background. The Space Needle was built for the 1962 World’s Fair.

Then we went to the Pike Place Market. I got to see all the wonderful fresh food and flower vendors there. It gets really crowded with tourists!

All that walking around made us thirsty, so Andrew took me to the original Starbucks Coffee shop at the Pike Place Market. I had some hot chocolate because I was a little chilly!

Last week I arrived in Washington state to have a short visit with Mrs. Hembree and the Bulldog Readers.

As you can see on the map, Washington is a LONG way from Tasmania, Australia!

Washington state is on the northwest  coast of the United States. I came to us via Mr. Salsich’s class in Connecticut, which is on the northeast coast of the United States! I traveled about 3,000 miles or about 4,900 kilometers from there to here.

 I was pretty tired when I arrived, so I went home with Mrs. Hembree to rest. She let me take a  nap on the couch with Kasa, Mrs. Hembree’s Pomeranian.

Once I was rested, Mrs. Hembree thought it was time for me to meet Reese, Mrs. Hembree’s other dog. YIKES!  He is a rather large Bernese Mountain Dog!  I wasn’t sure if Reese was going to eat me or lick me! Luckily, he just gave me a look, and left me alone!

Then it was time to go to school just in time to meet Cat in the Hat who was also visiting for Read Across America Week!

I also helped some students with their library lessons. They were practicing how to be a book illustrator.

Then I counted stripes on Cat in the Hat’s hats! There were a lot to count!

Next I will be going home with Andrew! I wonder what that will be like!

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