Today I went in to Aoife's class to help them decorate gingerbread houses! If there's one thing about Kindergarten, it's that there are always plenty of parent volunteers! I think at least one parent per child was there - and some kids had both parents there! It's sooooo different from any other school we've been at! The kids had a great time covering their houses with TONS of candy! Aoife's teacher had made each child a house of their own in her "spare time". Mrs. White is really a special teacher!
The kids are also studying bears and hibernation. Mrs. White had sent home a paper bear and asked us to make a bear to hibernate through the winter. I had (mistakenly) thought that Aoife was supposed to decorate the bear. No, no!! We were supposed to MAKE a stuffed bear. I am by no means any kind of seamstress. I have a sewing machine - that I'm not sure that I have all of the parts to and hasn't been used in maybe 5 years. I also don't have lots of spare (any) fabric lying around. I found some old baby sleepers that had somehow evaded being given away, traced the bear, cut them out and hand sewed them together. I do have needles and thread! I had to stuff it with cotton balls but it came out OK! If I'd had more time, I would have sewed buttons on for eyes but Aoife seemed to like it just fine! Crisis averted!!
