Thursday I came in and set up for the seniors, then I had running club. And we ran through the paved trail but today I told them lets see how far we can run with out stopping. A lot of them made it almost the entire way though. On the way back there is a creek towards the beginning of the trail, and on this day since we ran more, we had a little more extra time so we stopped by the creek. I let the kids play and hang out for about 10 minutes, until class was over. Also this week was pioneering. During this week, the kids got to make a horse out of a sock, doll rod, stuffing, and yarn. They also made their own wagon out of cardboard and construction paper. With news paper rolled up they made a little wood cabin. Another thing they did was made bonnets for themselves, and then we made a fire out of tissue paper; on this day they “roasted marshmallows” and made s’mores and on Friday they get to make their own ice cream. The kids thought this was a fun class. And they could not believe that people actually lived in a time where they traveled by wagon, and rode horses all around. Then Thursday in the afternoon I covered the office and answered phone calls for Holly. I also had to fill the pop machine. Our pop machines recently, have been a big pain for us. Multiple times a week we get people that come to the office saying that the machine took their money and they are unable to get a drink out. We then have to just go out there and open it up ourselves and hand them a drink, or we will return their money. We have four different machines, and at least a few times a week, one or two of them will get jammed and will not work properly. Friday I got the basket of crafts stuff ready for the day. On this day I helped out with Pioneering and they made their own ice cream. The kids thought this was the neatest thing and were all surprised that it actually tasted like ice cream. The kids also figured out that in order for this to work, they had to shake and shake and shake and shake until everything was all mixed up. But for the kids, the taste of ice cream was a great reward for them putting in the work to make it. Friday afternoon I picked up the craft room and started looking at lesson plans for next week. I made the class list for the classes. Holly and I once again had a cleaning day of the office.