Winter Party

Last year I volunteered to be Kai's Pre-K classroom room mom.  It was a LOT of work and I wore myself out.  While I really wanted to be involved this year, I made a promise to myself that I would not be room mom.  I had a hard time not volunteering for the position, but I was happy to find out that a couple of other moms had stepped up.  Sheww!  Instead of being room mom this year, I am making sure to volunteer in the classroom at least once a month, sign-up for Playdough Club, and volunteer to help at the parties.  We were at Disney World for the fall party, so the Winter Party was my first chance.  The party was held on the last day of school before winter break, Thursday December 21st.  Our babysitter was taking final exams and so was getting out of school early, which worked out perfect.  Finn got to play with Megan while I had fun with Kai.  I was put in charge of the donut on a string game.  It was funny to watch the kids struggle with it, and some kids decided just not to struggle.  But it was fun to be in class with Kai (as always) and to see so many parents turn out to support their kids.

Kai was moving so fast it was hard to catch a good picture.

Kai and one of his friends trying to eat donuts.  This little guy is one of a set of identical twins in Kai's class and they are adorable!

He gave up and opted for the easy method.

Kai enjoying his snacks with his elf hat on.  Funny story, when Kai saw that there was milk to go with snack he got SO excited.  He even asked his teacher if they could have milk every day.  He went through 3 glasses of it!  And then he came up and said he had a new idea for a birthday party--a DRINK party!  The cake could even been in the shape of a milk jug.  One of the other moms overheard, laughed, and asked what we did at our house.  Ahhhhhh......the innocence of a 5 year old.  But he has now developed a new motto:  You can't keep a Kai from his milk.

Kai's kindergarten class--all 14 of them!  One is moving soon and so they will be down to 13 kids in his class.  Yes, this is public school, we just got super lucky!  Oh, and Kai's being a goof because his teacher tossed out the idea of having a silly picture once the serious picture was done.  Apparently Kai didn't hear that last part and couldn't wait to be silly.