Class Christmas Party

It's been a busy few days for me as Room Mom for both the girls classes. Today was the class Christmas party for Hannah and a lot of thought and preparation went into this one. The kids did a craft, passed out treat bags, made ice cream sundaes, had hot chocolate, played a game, and watched a short video at the end of the party.The kids had so much fun! Hannah talked about the party all the way home. There were a few moms who came at the beginning of the party to help out and it was so much appreciated because of all we had planned for the party. We have a great bunch of kids and parents and I really enjoy working with these parents. I think we all had fun!

The kids made a craft in which I found online. It was simple and cute and was dry by the time class was over. It was cute to see how all the snowmen turned out just a little bit different from one another.We had an ice cream sundae bar. All the students volunteered to bring the topping of their choice. Which made for some interesting toppings, such as Skittles, gummy bears, and gummy worms! The kids had so much fun picking and shoveling on their toppings. And then of course eating it all!While the kids were at recess, us moms sat for a break, and took advantage of the time and read through our kids' writing journals. Not much work comes home from school, and we're always hearing about these writing journals, but haven't seen them. We were very much in awe of our kids writings, imaginations, details, and honesty in their writings. As I thumbed through Hannah's journal, she wrote about such things as when her cousins visited from Oregon, date nights with Gramma and Papa, what she might be doing on vacation (prior to going off track back in September), her trips to Disneyland and how she loved riding Pirates of the Carribbean and sitting on the edge of the boat, and my personal favorite, writing about her mom on her birthday and how the only thing she wanted for her birthday were for Rachel and Hannah to be 'good girls'. LOL. Here is an entry about one of her trips to Gramie's zoo and Alta Dena the Cow.After the kids came back in from recess, we played a very simple but tons of fun game. Miss Barrett had told me of a parent last year that brought this in and how much fun it was. It was simply trying to toss a ball into plastic cups that were arranged in a tree pattern. The kids did such a great job at cheering each other on and bursting into cheers when someone made it into a cup or did something spectacular. It looked like so much, even us moms played. Here Miss Barrett demonstrates.After everyone had their chance at the game, the lights were turned off and the kids settled down to watch a cute Snowman video. Soon after, it was time to gather backpacks and jackets and say final goodbyes and Merry Christmas and the school day, and school for 2007 came to an end. Hannah is now on Christmas break until January 7th.