Christmas Happenings

What a busy week at school!  We had something special going on every day this week!  The kids were real troopers though... Mrs. Ferrell also had some important assessments to complete with them, and they held it together through all of the excitement to get them completed!

We celebrated one birthday and two half birthdays this week (Bailey, Talon and Page).  The kids always love a special treat at snack time, and the amount of sugar this week was plentiful!

We went to the gym on Wednesday for All-School Christmas caroling time, which is always a Hamilton El favorite as well.

On Tuesday afternoon, the kids were invited to the gym for Secret Santa workshop.  Each child made two Christmas crafts to give.  Thank you to our wonderful PTO for sponsoring this event.  Each child was asked to bring in $2.00 to cover the cost of making the crafts, but every child in the school was able to participate regardless.  The photos do not show any completed gifts just in case any of the children are saving their items to give on Christmas morning!

On Wednesday afternoon, Bailey's mom was our WEB mom.  She brought in very special gifts for each child!  If you did not see the creative (and cute) sleighs because pieces were eaten, check out these photos!  Thank you to Bailey's mom for the adorable treats!

Bailey and his Mom pass out the treats

Santa driving the candy sleigh

Side view

Thank you for the special treats!

Finally it was Friday!  We had a wonderfully normal morning, and the fun began after lunch!  We began our afternoon with the gift exchange between the children.  We played 'musical presents' to determine who got to open each gift.  The children were so very excited to receive a new book from a classmate.  There were many 'thank you' and 'you're welcome' comments heard!  

They show off their new books!

We made a cute craft as well.  The kids made a paper bag Santa Claus puppet.  They have really enjoyed all of the art projects we made this month.

Purple Group

Green Group

Red Group

Blue Group

After our craft, we had MORE treats (plus it was popcorn day in the morning)!  Thank you to Mrs. Volkers for providing the cake pops, Mrs. Plockmeyer for the juice boxes, and Mrs. Nykamp for the Christmas fruit snacks.

Keira, Reece and Emily

We ended our afternoon with a gift from Mrs. Ferrell.  Each child received a spiral notebook, pack of crayons and a pack of markers.  I only wish we had more time at the end of our day for them to use them.  They were very excited to draw in their notebooks with their brand new drawing utensils.  

And... our blog would not be complete without "THE FUNNY ONE".  My promise that we can take one funny one is the only way I can get them to smile nicely first!  Have a wonderful break from school!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!