Animal Showcase

Bridget's class had the assignment to spotlight an animal and make a poster or a diorama featuring the animal.  She picked giraffes.  We spent some time looking up facts about giraffes and I found fabric with a giraffe print on it to use... somehow.  Bridget glued and colored and supervised.  (On Monday we headed to the office to finish up the poster and Bridget said, "Can I watch a movie while you finish it?")

Under the fabric patches we have written her fun facts.  A baby giraffe is taller than Bridget's Daddy!  Giraffes can grab things with their tongues!  Giraffes make a noise that humans can't hear!  Great stuff.

I had enough fabric left over to make a scarf for Bridget to wear during her presentation.  (All giraffes have spots, but they're all different from each other.  What am I going to do with all this information now?)  When I picked her up after school Bridget said her report went "fine" and her teacher said it was "cute."  COME ON!  She was wearing a giraffe print scarf!  Give me something more.  Instead, Bridget voiced her disappointment that we hadn't done a "diarrhea" instead of a poster.  Sigh.  I don't know how parents with more than one grade school age kid do this.

(Later last night Bridget said that one of her friends liked her animal showcase the best - that it was "amazing."  That kid saved the day.)