Well, it's the weekend! Today I was doing my Scottish lesson for the 1st through 5th grade classes at Heritage Elementary School today.

I hope the kids learnt some new things about Scotland, and I think I dispelled some myths too.

I had my kilt on, only the 2nd time I have worn it (the other time being my wedding), to try and give them a little taste of Scotland and to see how many children asked "Why are you wearing a skirt?" :D

I had quite a lot of things I wanted to tell the kids, from why we have the Scottish Saltire as our national flag and the origins of it's beginning, to how old the Forth Rail Bridge is, to the history of Linlithgow Palace/Edinburgh Castle/Stirling Caslte/Wallace Monument. I also shared the ingredients of the haggis, and of course no one found it appetising - but who would think it sounds appetising. I assured both students and staff that it does taste nice.

I had given the children the opportunity to ask me some questions, and without a doubt the best question I got was - "Do you have TV's and computers in Scotland?" - my answer was "Yes, and laptops and electricity and lights and running water". My sarcasm came bursting out at that point.

We spoke about kilts and tartans and I have asked the kids to design their own tartan for me. I have given them a design template to use and I am looking forward to seeing some of the final designs. I also gave the children a web site to find out if they had their very own tartan already and they were very keen to try and find out to see if they had a tartan.

Tonight I am going to watch the Texas Brahams play Amarillo Gorillas. Both teams play in the CHL (Central Hockey League), I am really looking forward to it.

Saturday is going to be a busy day, but I will post that later. I better go just now as I have probably written too much and if your reading this, will be thinking when is it going to end. :D