Party Time!
pamelamyers | December 23, 2015
Yesterday was Sam’s holiday party at school. Since I am off from work this whole week, I signed up to be one of the parent volunteers. I don’t get into her classroom much (frankly, ever) and I knew Sam would love it if I was there. It was a lot of fun. Sam was thrilled when I showed up (the party was her last hour of school) and I think it was a toss up between whether she was just happy to see me or happy that I was the volunteer in charge of bringing milk! Milk is still her favorite drink and she never has it at school since they only drink water.
I helped the other volunteers put out cookies on their plates and offered the kids milk or water. Here is her classroom. Sam is sitting at her regular seat and table. Actually, all the kids were!
One of the other volunteers offered to take a picture of us. I was dressed in my most festive attire! I had Christmas socks on too, but you can’t see those.
After their snack, the kids were broken up into two groups for party activities. Sam’s group first did a craft of making a reindeer face out of wooden sticks, pom poms and other supplies. The kids all sat on the rug listening to the instructions.
Making antlers out of a pipe cleaner seemed a bit more than most of the kids could do (I made a million….) but Sam did hers herself! Her friend, Ella, who she shares a locker with, is right next to her.
The kids then switched activities and Sam’s group got a chance to throw marshmallow “snowballs” into a bucket. On her first try, Sam got one, but on her next, they both went in!
The remaining time was spent watching a video of someone reading The Polar Express. They seem to like that story. I had never read it before, or saw the movie, and Sam’s teacher lent me the book for winter break.
It was a cute party, but fast, and before we knew it, it was time to go. Sam did give Ms. Cipolloni and Mrs. Biehl her snowmen she made before we left, as well as gift cards. They loved their homemade presents. Sam signed the back of each one. Ms. Cipolloni told Sam that she especiallly loved it because, if Sam remembers, she had just told the class her Christmas tree at home fell down and a lot of her ornaments broke. It was a good thing Sam gave her a new one!
Today is Sam’s last day before winter break. Yay! No school, no homework! Let the Christmasing begin!