School Visit

I've been a little behind on this whole blogging bit, Josh was in town which turned the house upside down (not in a bad way), but more on him later.  Anyway, last Thursday, the parents were invited to Sydney's school for a gingerbread party.  Of course, I will jump at any opportunity to visit the school, I just love the little kids.  We had a ton of fun!

First we got to decorate cookies, one girl and one boy...Sydney gave me the boy to decorate, I wasn't surprised at all.  Another thing which didn't surprise me in the least bit was how quickly Sydney grabbed for the pink sprinkles.  She didn't care about the fact that there were M&M;s, Fruit Loops, raisins, licorice,etc., she only wanted a pink gingerbread.  I explained to her that the white frosting was kind of like the glue to help the sprinkles stick.  She reluctantly picked up a glob of frosting and stuck it in one spot, dumped some pink sprinkles on it and said, "DONE"!  Of course she was the first one done because everyone else was making cute faces and outfits, I tried to get her to do that too, but the teacher said there was no wrong way to do this, so I gave in and decorated my boy while Sydney ate her girl...she just couldn't wait!

When we went back to the classroom, the kids had practiced three songs to sing to us...it was the cutest thing ever.  Sydney sang along to the Zoophonics song, but for the other two songs, she just stood there staring at me.  She ended up just standing with Mrs. Teeples (the assistant teacher) who was trying to get her to participate.  On the way home, I asked Sydney why she wouldn't sing and she told me that she didn't want me to hear her...I guess kids will be kids...but it certainly was cute.

Finally, they gave us some awesome snacks (as if the cookies weren't enough) and took our pictures in a snowman board.  Sydney thought it was pretty darn neat...I was impressed too since Mrs. Teeple's husband painted it...I can't even draw a stick figure, so I'm easily impressed, but it really was cool. 

I'm glad I was able to spend the morning with Sydney, and the holiday gift that the kids made were absolutely amazing.  They made calendars with really cool artwork for each month.  I'm exctied because I needed a calendar, but I'm even more excited that Sydney made it. I'm very fortunate that my job allows me to leave and participate in these activities!  It means a lot to me to spend these moments with my kids, since I know they will grow up so fast.