We're on Christmas break!

WHEW!!! We made it! We are FINALLY on Christmas break from school!!! The last week of school before Christmas is always a difficult one. The students are all crazy from the excitement of the season and the teachers are all exhausted from the season and from trying to keep all those kiddos engaged in learning! We made it! All the projects have been done and I've packed my glitter away for another year. Hurray!

Today was special at school. All the Kindergartners and first graders had breakfast with Santa and the school chorus performed. It was so wonderful to see all of those faces just light up and hear those big cheers when Santa came in! The Superstar and his buddy the Pirate were right in the front row of the stage performing. I didn't get a picture of the Pirate singing (sorry, mommy doodle :( ) but here's one of the Superstar and some other chorus friends of his...
After performing, the chorus members were able to come and sit down for a breakfast snack too. Here's the Superstar with his friend Crickett. They were together in their 4 year old preschool class and are now in the same first grade class:

Everyone LOVES Santa! I planned for the Superstar's class to make a special gift for their wonderful teacher. With the help of some of the other moms, we painted their hands and put together this keepsake quilt. We surprised her with it today:

Yesterday, the Princess had a good hair day! Her hair is growing fuller and longer and the pig tails are looking really good. Cute!