Day Number Three :)

On the third day, we were all tired again, and really didn't want to wake up as early as we had to. We were all excited to go back to the school though, because we knew we were going on a field trip! Olivia and I had to leave our class, which made us sad, but we were happy to go with the other classes and spend some time with them. We went to Lagniappe Academy, which is a private charter school in the city. The school was beautiful, and we got to see a sample lesson. The purpose of the trip was to show the future kinder gardeners the school. The Academy is focused on positive learning. We immediately recognized how structured the children's learning is and how much individual attention every student is given. It was nice to see a budding school that really takes education seriously in hopes of keeping the children of New Orleans educated. We had a lot of fun and met some more wonderful people. 

The group at Lagniappe Academy with Mr. Brown, the Dean of Students.

 

When we got back to the school, we were just in time for lunch and nap time! Of course, they put me to work again, drawing some more pictures from the Dr. Seuss books. I also had to draw a get well soon card for a girl who broke her leg. It was a Hello Kitty card :) The rest of the day went pretty smoothly, and we all came back to the church and ate dinner.

The get well soon card I made.

After dinner, we headed out to the actual city of New Orleans for the first time. We were all so excited to see the city and the French Quarter! We walked through Louis Armstrong Park, and headed toward Cafe Du Monde, for some famous french Beignets! We saw some pretty interesting sights on the way. When we drove through Bourbon Street, we saw a tranny dressed like Tina Turner, with their butt hanging out! Quite funny. We walked through the quarter and observed all of the sights and sounds. Our main goal for the night was to get some beignets (bin-yays) from Cafe Du Monde, the original coffee shop. The beignets were AMAZING! Very similar to the Italian zeppole. We walked around for a bit longer, then headed home. We were all exhausted from the events of the day!

In Cafe Du Monde!

With my delicious beignet!!!