We're done with school for the rest of the year!! It's about a 10 day vacation, and we're (I'm) SO glad for it! I'm so ready to sleep in, not have to get up for anything, stay in my jammies til noon if I want to and just be on vacation--plus Matt's done with work too!!! ahhhhhh!!
Portie got done last Thursday and Chloe got done today :)
Port had 2 parties last week. The parent/child activity day was Tuesday. Cooper and I got to go watch him sing and do some fun activities with him.
they got a chime to ring during "jingle bells"
the picture's pretty blurry, but I had to get in it 'cause of that tongue!
the picture's pretty blurry, but I had to get in it 'cause of that tongue!
They had 3 tables set up with little Christmassy projects for them to do.
He made a tree. He had to cut it out
(so frustrating to watch! He was concentrating so much on the motions of cutting and not paying attention to the lines of the triangles, so he cut them in half, and the tree ended up looking a little raggedy, but his motions were good!)
He's pretty proud of it
and some dang cute reindeer antlers
His second party was a PJ party. He got to wear jammies, take a pillow and blanket (and of course his "mahmah")
he was SO excited to wear his Buzz jammies!
they watched Frosty and ate popcorn in their jammies :)
Chloe had a "teeny tiny elf party" on Friday. I got to go for a bit (since I volunteer on Fridays). She also had a PJs party Monday and a PTA party today.
The elves in her classroom. They work the same way as ours.
The kids all had to bring a teeny tiny treat to share.
Chloe brought Nerds.
I (and the other "help mom") helped pack the bags full of the teeny tiny treats for all the kids.
Her bag (which she shared with Port when we got home and Dadduh when he got home)
Chloe's teacher read the kids a story (Grinch)
So now we're just waiting for Christmas! We're so excited! I have to admit though, that it makes me a little sad too. I was looking at the tree tonight all lit up and Chloe said in her squeaky little excited voice "Mom, only 2 more days 'til Christmas." I said "yeah" and that I was excited, and then it made me think of how it was all going to be over in one day. All the prep we do for Christmas (shopping, decorating, cooking, planning, etc) done in one day. Sad. I love Christmas. We've had fun with it this year. The kids understand the fun of it and also the true meaning of it, and we (most of us) can't wait 'til friday.
I'm so glad I got to go to their parties! I'm thankful everyday that I'm able to be with my kids. I appreciate Matt so much for his hard work so that I can stay home with them and be able to do these things. My mom wasn't able to when I was little, and I always wished she could. I want to express my love and appreciation for Matt's mom. Without her I couldn't go to their school to volunteer, or get done some of the little things I need to. She's always able to help when I need her. We gave her a little decoration/sign thing a while back that says "when I count my blessings, I count you twice". I hope she knows how true that is.
