Class Holiday Parties

The last week of school was certainly a busy one for James and John as each of them celebrated the winter holidays with their classmates. To prepare for these wonderful parties, I made a few batches of fudge and a lot of yummy chocolate covered pretzel rods. John's Christmas program and party were on Tuesday, 12/15, in the morning. The Tuesday/Thursday classes participated in the program. John was in the chorus and sat on the benches. Ms. Sue told me how the entire time he was talking about Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. Some classes were angels, some were shepards, and some were sheep. It was really cute and so nice to see John up there on stage. After the program was over, the parents were invited back to the classroom for a special snack (cookies and pretzels). I stayed with John and shared his snack and learned all about his classmates and teachers. Thursday morning was James' holiday party. I got to the classroom a little early and helped the homeroom moms set everything up. The party was Olympic themed so as the kids walked in we played the Olympic theme music and gave them each a different flag to wave. Then they paraded around the room. The kids got to play a few fun games such as pass the snowball (like hot potato) and elf bingo and did two crafts - an Olympic torch and an edible snowman. Jude and I had a wonderful time spending time with James and his classmates. I always enjoy seeing him interact with the kids in his class and getting to know his friends a bit more. James had a blast delivering the pretzel rods to all 9 of the Kindergarten teachers (it was his idea to make them for everyone, not just Mrs. Moore). All in all both James and John enjoyed celebrating the holidays at their respective schools. Here's a slide show of the photos I took. Sorry the ones of John are so dark. I think it might be time to invest in a new camera.