Phew, what a busy morning... today the first grade classes at school were learning about different holidays around the world. I volunteered to help out (what was I thinking). I took Kristen to school this morning and basically just stayed with her because classes were starting at 8am and the kids would be rotating classes to learn how kids in Sweden, Germany, Scotland and Japan celebrate Christmas. I was assigned 'Germany' which was actually Kristen's home room. The teacher read to the children about how in Germany they decorate the Tannenbaum (not sure of that spelling) which of course is a christmas tree, and how the children decorated gingerbread houses! So guess what our classroom was doing..... a million candies and graham crackers later, the classroom was a mess! But the kids had a ton of fun. It was my job (and the other mom there) to put out all the candy and frosting and crackers (Sadie, graham crackers are the nearest thing over here to digestive biscuits but they come in rectangles and are what we use to make S'mores too) The kids had to stick the crackers to small milk cartons with the frosting then stick frosting on top to put the candy canes and m&m's etc on. I'll try to take a picture of Kristen's when she brings it home (if it's still in one piece).
I stayed with Kristen for lunch in the cafeteria at 11am because I hadn't really seen her all morning, then I came home at 12 and have just prepped dinner for tonight, emptied the dishwasher and cleared up the kitchen. Kristen will be going to piano lesson at 4pm so we won't be home until 5.30! It's already 1.25pm now and I just have half an hour to relax (jump on here and blog) before heading out to pick Kristen up from school. What a busy day!
Tomorrow I'll be taking Boo to the groomers and it's Kristen's last day at school so I'll be going in an hour early as they have their 'winter party'! And then hopefully the rest of the week will be quiet and uneventful!
3 comments:
Wow, you are busy this morning. You have made me tired just reading all about the crackers and candy. I can just imagine.
I have spent most of the morning at home wrapping all the presents that I have hidden here and there. I hope that I am not forgetting any thing. I am trying to find one of the presents that I showed Riley that was from him to his mom. I will find it. But gee... that isn't what I need to be doing.
{HUGS}
:lol: When will you learn to stop volunteering for these things! ;) The milk carton is a good idea for the GB house rather than trying to make just graham crackers stand up! (((Hugz)))
:O) thanks for letting me know about the graham crackers. Actually, it's given me such a good idea. When Humbug gets older she can make 'gingerbread' houses out of biscuits glued onto a box, so it's nice and easy for her. It would be a squillion times easier and quicker, than trying to get her to wait for gingerbread to be cooked and decorated. :O) top idea!
Nutter for offering to help out though! Hyperactive and very excited kids at Christmas time?! That's so not fun!
have a fab day, I'm so pleased the mag turned up. :O)
xxx
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