Thanksgiving stuff

We had a really nice Thanksgiving week. I had the opportunity to go to Kindergarten on Tuesday! I arrived as the kids got off of the bus, and was one of 5 "room moms" for the day. Michelle was another one too. Needless to say, the kids were super excited that both of us were there. Chris kept looking at us and sticking his tongue out. Lindsay also looked at us a lot and smiled.

They had special activities for Thanksgiving, including 4 different activities in a "round robin" style. I ran the scavenger hunt, in which the kids teamed up in pairs and had to search the room for words on construction paper. Once they found and checked off all 5 on their clipboards, they had to put the feather shaped papers on a turkey bulletin board. They loved it so much, many of them wanted to do it again. Michelle ran a Thanksgiving Bingo game. At another table, they made a harvest (trail mix) snack. I don't recall the last activity.

Then, they had a snack of juice, harvest mix, and apple sauce that they themselves had made a few days before!

Then the rest of the parents came in for the Thanskgiving "show"...the kids announced and sang about 4 songs. It was so cute! My favorite one was about the farm where the farmer was looking for the turkey, and the kids hid it. They ended up eating Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner!!

The kids spent Thanksgiving day with Michelle at her girlfriend's family, and I went with Michael and his kids to my dear friends' house, Rik and Kari. It was fun and really yummy!

All in all, it has been a busy week! I just wish I didn't have to work today...can't have everything I guess!

By the way, it snowed yesterday, and it stuck too! We have about 2 inches on the ground, with more leaves falling on top of it. It is actually quite beautiful...the tree behind our neighbor's house has leaves that are golden/orange in color, a nice contrast to the white snow.

I will post some more pictures soon!

Gina