some highlights...
alison and adrienne had a christmas party at their house for the ladies who work at new life. they were very cute hostesses :) in the picture is.. from the left after me.. adrienne, alison, lori (kindergarten teacher.. her daughter, carolyn, is in my class), ruth (music teacher), yukari (secretary at my campus), and mei-lee (high school teacher).
the fourth graders are reading buddies with my kids. they surprised my class with invitations to come visit their class during their christmas party. my kids were so excited! it was adorable to watch them open their invitations and scream with delight. we stopped by to eat some snacks and watch elf with them.. one of my favorite christmas movies! lots of laughs and bonding time for the kiddies. they were a little squished.. but they loved it!
the whole school has been practicing very hard on the christmas program. we went to the concert hall for them to have a dress rehearsal. they are so cute up there! each class if from a different place in the world.. my class is from the caribbean. it's going to take me all christmas break to get all these songs out of my head :)
yesterday we spent the afternoon making gingerbread houses. i had fun going down the candy aisle at the grocery store finding all sorts of japanese candy. the kids had a lot of fun! the icing got EVERYWHERE. usually i mop on fridays, but yesterday was definitely a mopping day haha. they were really creative with their houses.
leo working hard!
santa making his house at the north pole :)
can you find jed's marshmallow horse?
ayana and her house
noa proudly showing her house
ayana had the most extravagent house haha
today was our christmas party and last day of school before the break. i got some very cute gifts from some of my kids.. bubble bath, a santa pen, a candle, two angel figurines, a japanese doll (sam said it looked like me haha), and some homemade christmas cards.. it was very sweet!! for the christmas party.. the parents brought a lot of snacks to share! the kids ended up taking ziplock bags FULL of candy.. it felt like halloween haha. we also did a gift exchange. they were supposed to bring gender-neutral gifts, but one girl brought a package of little girl underwear for her gift haha.. so i had to make sure a girl ended up with that one. i wrapped up little gifts for them too.. bracelets for the girls and airplanes for the boys. they were very excited when they opened them and said thank you.. such nice manners and such great kids!!
after they tore through the wrapping paper
they LOVE when i take out my camera haha
i bought a christmas tree and snowman to decorate my desk. they CANNOT stop touching them.. it stresses me out haha!
other highlights...
*jed almost peeing his pants when dad put on a mask while we were talking on skype and jumped in front of the camera. epic.
*nene sitting with me at lunch and being extra talkative.. she is a character! :)
*teaching the conversation class.. soo many memories each time!!! hahaha.. they are hilarious.
*christmas shopping for three straight hours... and then two the next night.
tonight is the christmas concert.. soo excited!!
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