great day for parties

 i floated between christmas parties today - since the girls' classrooms are at the opposite end of the same hallway.  first i said hello to each girl, then i watched little sister's play - where she was an elf (one of the green pointy-hats).  then when they started their activites, i floated back down to third grade...

little sister playing christmas bingo with skittles 

 big sister's class had a book exchange, and all the kids sat in a circle and passed the gift to the right or left, based on a story the teacher read that had lots of "right" or "left" words in it.  as you can imagine, those two words were mentioned quite a lot in the story, and the kids had a good time trying to keep up with the passing.  after trading with a classmate (because she did not like the book she ended up with) - she went home with a great book with cd - brave.

 then i headed back to first to see little sister working on activites 2 & 3 - painting a bell ornament and decorating cookies.  yum!

 then there was a coloring book exchange, where the teacher read "the night before christmas" that had all of the student names in it.  when they heard a classmate's name, they were to pass the book.  that was funny to watch as well. 

all in all - the morning was full of sweets, treats, and holiday spirit.  what a great way to end the semester and start the holiday break.