the nor'easter

 

On Monday I took some of my toddler class out onto the school campus. It was raining but we had rain gear on. We noticed that the recent storm had knocked down a giant branch from one of the maple trees. 

At circle time I dragged in from the deck and the children spent quite a bit of time playing with it. 

It was over 6 feet tall so it took up quite a bit of space. 

So much fun!

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Before the children arrived for the day I noticed that the storm had also knocked over the sunflowers in one of the campus gardens. I cut some and brought them into the classroom for exploration in the sensory bin. 

The next day I brought in some sunflower seeds for them to eat as well. 

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Both Saturday and Sunday nights were very stormy here. The wind was howling and all the big trees were blowing around outside the windows. Tucker was not at all happy with it. He jumped up onto the back of the sofa and kept close to me. I'm glad I had him there for protection. ;)

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We had a two-three day nor'easter storm here over the weekend! There wasn't much damage on shore

but at least 7 boats either came loose from their moorings and were tossed onto the shore or were

 swamped with water at their moorings and sunk. 

I didn't get any pictures of the boats washed up but did see quite a few on the news.

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This was what the ocean looked like as I drove past the beach in the town I work in later in the week.

It's so beautiful, calm, and peaceful.

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