In honor of President Linocln's birthday and President's Day coming up, Dave took Alyssa and Rebekah to a library program where they learned about Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. She never completely recovered from the tragic events of her life, having lost three of her four sons before they reached adulthood and the death of President Lincoln, so it was very sad, but still interesting for them to hear about her life. The storyteller who played Mary Todd Lincoln told a story about her sons Tad and Willie's toy soldier doll, Jack. It is a story the girls know because of this book. Alyssa said she liked hearing her version of the story!
Photo 40 of 365, taken February 12th:
And this might be cheating a little for my 365 photos project because this is not exactly my photo, although I wish were at this school in Hawaii to take it myself! This picture came to us from Dave's dad. Every year, our nieces' elementary school does a special program to honor President Lincoln on his birthday. Our niece is not in this photo, but she got to be one of the speakers for her grade level this year and did a great job! I thought the huge leis layered on Lincoln's statue were beautiful.
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I wish I was in Hawaii to see those leis around Lincoln's neck in person too!
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