Spud Celebrations 2013

This year we had two spud harvests, one at school and one with our grand friends at the senior's lodge.  Which meant we had two celebrations.
 
            
After the fun part of digging, counting (20) and sharing the harvest with
our grand friends we went to the “Spud Sundae Bar”.

Mmm choices of green onions, bacon, shredded carrots, cheese and sour cream.
 
                           Delicious!

Today at school we celebrated with the kindergarten/grade 1 class. 
Their spud tubs produced 70 potatoes.  As the potatoes and toppings
were being prepared I told the story of the Enormous Potato.
  
                         
                          Time to eat.
                              
        
Learning to serve themselves from communal bowls is a first
experience for some children.  It’s a practice we incorporate
everyday at the snack table.
       
The toppings were the same as at our grand friends except we substituted
the grated carrots for dirt (chocolate sprinkles).
    
The discussions included comparisons of the toppings each chose. 
The kindergarten teacher created a sheet for her class to do, after
we left, to further the discussion of what they preferred.
   
But if I had to guess (by the amount of empty bowls) I would say the
majority enjoyed the mashed potatoes and their toppings.

Thanks to BC Agriculture for the opportunity to participate in this great program.