Colbe+and+Icicle

Colbe, I arrived in Pleasanton, California on December 21. In the evening I went to visit a home where there were twenty three decorated artificial Christmas trees. It was lovely to see. I had my photo taken in some of them.

December 23. Today we drove to San Leandro. We brought a friend a small gift and some chocolates. She is in a wheel chair and has a nurse helper named Honey.

December 27. Today we toured San Francisco and took photos and then had a very fine dinner at Ceasar’s.

December 29. We are on our way to Jackson on hwy. 88 in the Sierra Mountain foothills. Gold was mined there many years ago. A shaft is all that remains. The National Hotel was built in 1852.

January 5. I leave for Englewood, Florida.

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1/16/10

Hi, Just wanted to let you know that Icicle has arrived in Florida. We took a few pictures of him in the orange tree behind our condo. We had a very bad cold spell down here and now that it's warming up we will be having fun with him. We live on the west coast of Florida in Englewood a small beach community.

We think this is a marvelous fun think to do with your class.

Joe & Stella Lemire





Greetings from Florida,

We have enjoyed having Icicle with us for a short time. While he was with us he sat next to the picture of our grandson Dan, who is station in Afghanistan.

We took him with us to watch a group that our niece, Janie plays and sings with. You can listen to the band at sainttone.com. Everyone wanted to know why we had brought him with us.

I have to send you these pictures in two batches as hotmail limits the amount of space when you send picture.

Joe & Stella Lemire













Plantsville, CT
 * 2/4/10

Dear Colbe,

Icicle arrived in Plantsville, CT at Claudette's house. It was late in the day so Icicle played with Emmy and Chance (Claudette's labordoodles). Everyone had lots of fun.



2/4/10 Icicle went to work with Claudette. She is the librarian at Cheshire Academy, an independent boarding school in Cheshire, CT. Icicle helped Claudette do some work and shelved some books too!







The library was a fun place for Icicle to play too, he even helped a student work on his paper in computer lab plus found time to read a good book!





Icicle then went to the school store and met Donna. He also went to Bowden Hall.and took a picture in front of the plaque that says the building was built in 1796! That's really old! The school had a different name back then -- now it's called just Cheshire Academy.





2/6/10 Iicicle went to Cheshire Academy, even though it was Saturday and there was no school becasue Chance and Emmy like to run in the back fields of the school! Everyone had a great time chasing all the leaves that were blowing in the wind!

2/7/10 Icicle watched the Super Bowl with Claudette, Chance and Emmy. Emmy and Chance fell asleep; they weren't as excited about the game! Icicle will be off to New Mexico tomorrow.



2/16/10**

Hello! My name is Julie Cathey. I am the Head Teacher at the Child Development Center (CDC) in Portales, New Mexico. We are a lab school at Eastern New Mexico University. I opened Icicle's package on Friday afternoon, February 12. He spent the 3 day weekend in my office playing with all of my stuffed animals. I have mostly teddy bears and dogs so he had a good time. I introduced Icicle to the children this morning, Feb. 16. They were very happy to meet him. We are especially excited because at our preschool the older children (older 4's and 5's) are called the "Bears." Icicle feels right at home with us. I showed the children on a map of the United States all of the states that Icicle has visited so far(California, Florida, Connecticut, and now New Mexico). The children started writing Colbe letters this morning, so please tell him that he should get a package from us some time next week. Icicle and the CDC Bears would like to tell Colbe "Hi!" and thank you for sharing Icicle with us.. We


 * 2/26/10

Tricia, Please let Colbe know that I did not get his letters mailed until today, so it will be next week before he gets them.I also mailed Icicle to Arizona today. Sorry I took so long getting everything in the mail. Thanks,Julie CatheyCDC Head TeacherStation 11, ENMUPortales, New Mexico 88130 **,CT

=Icicle is in Arizona!=

Icicle arrived at Garden Lakes Elementary School Monday, March 1.Our school is in Avondale, Arizona, part of the Phoenix area. My Kindergarten class was very surprised to see him come out of the big brown envelope on Tuesday. It was Dr. Suess's Birthday, so Icicle had a really fun day. He had an ice cream cone, and got to see all of the Kindergartners in their Dr. Seuss hats. This weekend Icicle came home with me and got to meet our dog, Mia. Then, we thought Icicle would like to see a big saquaro cactus, so we took some pictures to show you. Tomorrow is going to be a big day. Icicle gets to go to Las Vegas for a while. My daughter teaches 1st grade there and I think her class would love to meet him! Marcia Euriech Garden Lakes Elementary School Avondale, AZ || I posted a message to Colbe on the travelmates page and am sending you these pictures to go along with Icicle's visit to Arizona. We are mailing him off to Vegas tomorrow! My daughter teaches first grade there and we thought Icicle would like to meet her class. Here is Icicle with our dog, Mia and buy a saquaro cactus. __Cactus Hotel__ is a really great book to read to learn about the saquaro cactus. Marcia Euriech Garden Lakes School Avondale, Arizona
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 * 3/7/10**

Icicle beside the really big saquaro cactus



Icicle in front of the saquaro cactus



Icicle with Mia, a golden retriever

3/10/10 Hi from Vegas! I am a first grade teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. My class just recieved Colbe's bear Icicle today. They are absolutley thrilled with him. We had a nice time reading all of the journal entries today and looking at the map. My kids are getting ready send out flat Stanley's this week before our vacation and they really want to send a flat Stanley to your class. I just wanted to give you a heads up before a random request from Vegas showed up at your school. Also, next week when I am on break I will see what kind of Vegas things I can find that is appropriate for first grade. About how many kids do you have in your class right now? I counted the kids in the picture, but I'm sure you are like me and the numbers are always changing. Thanks for sending out the travelmates! It's a great idea. I will make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble in Vegas. - Amanda Euriech