In Connecticut - Wish you were here!

Hi first graders,

This is the first trip I have taken in an envelope this year! The mail carrier brought me to Mrs. Clarke's house. It took 3 days to get here.

Connecticut is one of the 6 states in the north-east corner of the country known as New England. The people who live here are sometimes called Connecticut Yankees. Maybe that's why the state song is Yankee Doodle Dandy. You can hear it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_BMzqwSdW8

Connecticut's nickname is The Nutmeg State. It is a spice that grows here on trees. It looks like a nut when it is ready to pick. It is ground up into powder and used in baking. The yummy smell of apple pie and pumpkin pie comes partly from nutmeg. Your teacher can let you smell some.



 



It is fall, but colder than in Rock Hill. I went downtown on a shopping trip. The shopkeepers here have made scarecrows to decorate for fall. This one was my favorite. It is made to look like a famous painter, Vincent Van Gogh.

 

 

After shopping in town, we went to a farm to buy a pumpkin. Thanksgiving is coming, and Mrs. Clarke is having company. She is planning to bake some pumpkin pies. I helped her pick out just the right one - nice and round, and big but not too big.

 

 

After shopping, our next stop was the park. I had a snack, then I played in the leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The trees in Connecticut in the fall are red, yellow and orange. They are beautiful! Do you know what I like to do? I like to jump in them. Do you like to do that, too?

 

My first outing in Connecticut was lots of fun. I will write again after I have had some more adventures.

 

Your friend,

Flat Stanley