Eagle Heart and Walking Bird at the Thanksgiving Feast

Earlier this month, the buddies excitedly came home from school one day, and informed me of their new names: Walking Bird (Ben) and Crazy Horse (Ace). Ace said "Crazy Horse" in a wild, throaty voice and clearly loved the name. But then, on the next school day, he came home and said, "Cooper really wanted to be Crazy Horse, so I chose Eagle Heart." He was a little sad about it, but quickly embraced his new name. And of course, he received lots of praise for letting his friend have what was clearly the best name. Perhaps Eagle Heart does suit my sweet boy.




After weeks of preparation, today was the day of their school's Thanksgiving Feast. I attended with the other moms and listened to the kids sing cute Thanksgiving songs and parade around in their Pilgrim or Indian get-up. Ace couldn't stop waving and smiling at me during the performance.




Afterwards, each class sat together around a blanket and ate a "feast" of turkey lunchmeat, apple slices, cheese cubes, and pumpkin bread. It was a fun activity!