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School holiday fun

December 23, 2021

There was lots of Christmas cheer up at school last week!

The 5th graders went caroling in the village. They were all decked out!

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And they had a big party in the auditorium for the whole grade with gift exchanges for the boys and girls. Loved getting to be around them all together!

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I then got to go to the 1st grade party where the girls and boys did separate book exchanges. Love this sweet age!

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This cute group built this Chrysler building in stem! Great job!

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On Friday everyone was happy for the last day of school, especially Samantha who got to wear pjs!

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I was happy Spencer finally got to go back to school so I could go up and be the mystery guest in his class! I took blank notecards and $5 Starbucks cards and had the kids make Christmas cards for people around the school and then they all ran off to deliver them. It was a hit! I also read them a Christmas book.

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It’s been so nice to be back in the classroom after no one was allowed in last year. I don’t take it for granted!! Thankful for this great school and all the fun holiday activities they planned!

Gingerbread Houses

December 22, 2021

We did make it up to MBC to decorate gingerbread houses. Poor Spencer was home like this…

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but the others had fun making their masterpieces with friends!

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Christmas fun all around!

Mrs. Susan

December 21, 2021

It’s not a full Christmas celebration unless we get to celebrate with Mrs. Susan!! She stopped by last week with presents we could only expect from Mrs. Susan!! In Mrs. Susan’s world, bigger is always better!

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Of course Mrs. Susan always has something up her sleeve and the kids started opening those giant boxes only to discover…another box! ha!

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But inside those smaller boxes were some pretty awesome gifts!

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She knocked it out of the park with a Holiday Barbie for Samantha and Bryce Young jerseys for the boys! So awesome!!

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While the gifts are great, the best part is always getting to see Mrs. Susan and give her a big hug!

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We love you Mrs. Susan! Merry Christmas!

Christmas program

December 20, 2021

We made it to the last week before Christmas! It’s been busy busy already with fun holiday activities – and a little sick thrown in. Boo! First Robert got sick with some kind of fever virus that took him down. Then Maxwell got hit with a respiratory virus and we ended up at the doc to get some steroids. Finally, Spencer started running a low grade fever that he couldn’t shake so we again ended up at the doc and got a dreaded flu diagnosis. Noooo! Thankfully he wasn’t that sick but did have to miss 4 whole days of school. He was out Monday through Thursday of last week but did get to go on Friday for the final day before Christmas break. Everyone is feeling good now and hopefully we are sick-free until 2022!!

Before everyone got sick, the kids had their Christmas program up at school. I was so happy to have it back as the traditional in-person program this year. 5th graders don’t participate so it was just Spencer and Samantha but they both did great! Robert was supposed to be out of town so I had another special date with me to see the program – Mrs. Susan!

Samantha was looking cute as always…

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As was Spencer! 3rd grade was supposed to wear an “ugly holiday sweater” but this is the best we could do. Not ugly but clever! I also made him put a collar shirt on under it much to his chagrin. There might have been some bribing involved. No shame in my parent game!

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Love my trio!

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Each grade K through 3rd came on and sang a few songs. It was very well done and very cute!

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Spencer is full of enthusiasm and energy on stage, just like his brother. Please read that sentence with all the sarcasm intended! ha!

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He did a nice job and did everything just as he was supposed to!

The kids had to do two performances a day for two days. Robert was supposed to be out of town for both but, since he got sick, his trip got cancelled! He didn’t have the flu and felt better by the second day so he got to go up and catch the next day’s performance! Hooray!

Samantha opted for an outfit change…

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and Spence just stuck with what worked!

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They both did a great job both days! This is Spencer’s last year for the Christmas program and I’ll be sad when the days of Christmas programs are all over. Enjoying it while is lasts! Merry merry!

Candy House

December 17, 2021

My very favorite Christmas tradition – the candy house! Previous candy houses here – 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

We had to fight through some sickness to get it done this year but I think we ended up with the best one yet! Do I say that every year? For sure…but it’s always true! The kids ran with it this year and I did very, very little. I finished off one side of the roof when they lost steam but that was about it.

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