Travelog for: Sundy

One of the host family boys prepared for his history class final: giving an autobiography as Chandragupta Maurya, with his trusty war elephants!

This evening we attended the middle school choir and band concert, on the northwest side of the Iola town square.

We went to the fifth grade graduation at the elementary school today! So many happy kids!

Host mom stopped and took a look at the Prairie Spirit Trail on the way to work this morning!

From late spring to early fall, the west side of the town square in Iola is blocked off every Thursday evening for the Farmer's Market! We wandered around and met many nice people and saw fascinating things!

Hedrick's brought their petting zoo to town, so of course, we had to go and see! So many amazing critters!

Today, the host family took me to their dance studio for recital pictures. There were so many kids, so many costumes, and so much energy! I had sooo much fun!! Dance recital is in two weeks, and I can't wait to see the kids perform!

The host family went to help Lula with her garden again today. I had so much fun exploring! My favorite thing was the lovely, intricate bird nest that we found on the ground.

When we were coming back from Lula's, host mom decided to take a country road we hadn't explored before. Anastaysia got excited and we stopped to explore an old cemetery we found!

Host mom showed us why Kansas and the midwest are called America's bread basket. The fields of wheat are so lovely, and I could see why the song America the Beautiful refers to "amber waves of grain" as the wheat blew in the wind and made ripples like the ocean!

Host mom and two of the little sisters took me for a walk around the neighborhood this evening. We looked at the houses (most were built between the late 1800s and mid 1900s), as well as taking a stop to look at Mr. Hillbrant's amazing garden!

The host family all went to the dentist today, so we hung out in the waiting room for quite a while.

Today I got to see two week old baby hedgehogs in their nest!

The cows at Strickler's Dairy made a lovely scene today! We couldn't resist stopping for pictures

When host mom went to take some pictures at El Charro, while taking her sons out to lunch, the had the horrible realization that I must have fallen out of her toyvoyagers purse when she was hurrying back to her car, after taking pictures of us with the cows yesterday!! She was sooo worried, but really, I was okay. Me and the cows had a great talk, and when host mom brought eight kids to look for me after she got off from work, they found me very quickly. Host mom made me apple pancakes for dinner to make sure I was warm and well fed!