Cat in the Hat, Butter Battle and the Lorax

We had a great Read Across America or Dr. Suess Day together!

For dress up day, the kids dressed up as the guys from "The Butter Battle".  Not very many people at school got it, but it was fun because it's not as well known as some others.   "Butter side up!  No, butter side down!"  This is all a book about war and peace, and really how silly war is, that was written during the Cold War era.  Fun stories for kids, great messages for us all!

Lucy made a "Cat in the Hat" hat at preschool and did some other fun activities.

And then for dinner, we made "There's a Wocket in my Pocket" buffallo chicken stromboli.  And then also colored some coloring pages and read some Dr. Suess books, of course!

The kids took this one of me reading and asked me to make a silly face.

We like to apply some of the messages in Dr. Suess's books and talk about what they mean, now that the kids are getting older.  As we were talking and thinking about the Butter Battle book, I came across this great quote by Ghandi:

"If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children."  

So much to teach, so much to learn!  Let the peace on earth begin with reading, me, then all around me!