Kindergarten Christmas

I'm really enjoying the extra holiday spirit that comes with having a child in kindergarten. AJ's class celebrated its Christmas Festival last Friday, and each child was allowed to bring a parent or family member to join in the fun. Since Jeff had been the featured guest during AJ's week as VIP, it was my turn to visit the school.

"Stations" are the system in AJ's class. In other words, a different activity awaits at each table in the room. It was our job to visit each station and complete the assigned task.


That included a Countdown-to-Christmas calendar, on which AJ glued a cotton ball on Santa's beard for each day so far in December. He also had to count how many days are left until Christmas, so we could bring enough cotton balls home to finish the project.

Next up: some sort of reindeer-attracting goodies. Apparently if you mix oatmeal and glitter, and then sprinkle it on your sidewalk, it makes it easier for Santa's reindeer to find your house. Who knew?

Other projects included painting Christmas ornaments, and gluing glitter on pine cones. (As an added "bonus", AJ's pine cone now also has a dusting of "snow". That's what happens when you put a not-fully-dry glued pine cone in the same bag as a calendar with cotton balls. AJ didn't seem to buy in to my efforts at putting a positive spin on the situation. Oops!)

Last up: a cup of cocoa project. AJ decorated his with a message to Santa, telling him, "I love you".

Once we finished the stations, we were rewarded with a sugar rush. AJ tried to tell me he was loading up his plate with extras for Daddy and Sydney. Sure. He's going to save them to bring home.

The holiday festivities at AJ's school are far from over. We still have an elementary choir concert, and a kindergarten-specific play/musical in the week to come. Based on the number of songs I've heard in singing recently, both promise to be entertaining events.