1st Grade Christmas Party

I couldn't make it for the whole party, but I got there while they were eating and at just the right time, because, Santa stopped by! Each kiddo was able to sit on his lap and have a good little conversation with him! I'm so glad that Jacilayne has finally decided Santa is okay and will sit on his lap (2 years in a row now!).  This time, however, she told Santa she wanted a remote controlled truck.  WAIT...WHAT?!?! How come she never says the same thing, except phone and ipad? In her defense, it seems that what happens is whatever the 1st kid up says they want, normally becomes the theme in the classroom! It's like they have major memory loss once they sit on his knee...?!?! Anyways, no she is not getting a phone, I told her I would write Santa a letter and tell him she is too young for that and an ipad!

Here is she is at her class party with Santa!

Has It Really Been 7 Years Already?

Do you know the old saying, "Time flies when you are having fun?" I'm pretty sure I heard that a time or two growing up but never really understood it.  You know they say, the older you get the wiser you become!  I now understand what this means! Although parenting is not always fun, in fact sometimes it's down-right exhausting, stressful, and hard, BUT, it is by far the most rewarding thing I have ever done or will ever do! The last 7 years have flown by like the speed of light.  I don't know where my baby went but I am sure that I am beyond blessed to have this beautiful, brown-eyed girl to keep me busy and make my heart warm! Since her birthday was on Thanksgiving, we have her our presents that day and sang to her at our family's Thanksgiving later that day! The next Sunday was the designated party day--Jump for Joy here we come!! No pics from the kids playing, but there are tons of what was going on in the party room (I'll spare you all of that, however, I will share the birthday cake later on!).  I still can't believe she's 7! YIKES!

This was after her birthday party.. we went to eat!! Some of our faves!! 

Happy Birthday at Grammy's!! My pretty girl! 

It's the Most Wonderful Time....Of the Year!!!

Christmas is one of my most favorite times of the year! I love everything about Christmas, except shopping, hence the reason I did 95% of my shopping online this year.  Anyways, this post was not about my experiences shopping or not shopping this year! This post is about school stuff! Yay for school ideas! I forgot to take a picture of my Thanksgiving bulletin board, but here is my Christmas board this year! Both the reindeer and the Santa I used last year in a different setting, but this year I decided to use them both on the same board!

Rudolf is tangled upside in the lights and Santa, well, he had too many cookies and got stuck in the chimney! Both of these I found on Pinterest last year! Santa comes with a writing prompt, If Santa Got Stuck In My Chimney (or something along that line).

I added in the shadow snowmen for the display because I really liked them and thought my class did a fabulous job on them!

Thanks again, Pinterest, for the awesome ideas!