"It's the holiday's so we have to let the light from our heart shine!"

This week is flying by, and it's no surprise with everything happening! We started Tuesday morning by admiring everyone's snazzy outfits. On Monday I suggested that the kiddos wear something nice for our Tuesday performance at Crestview. Well, these kiddos took me seriously! Everyone was dressed their best and were ready to sing and perform. It was absolutely darling. Our bus ride to Crestview was very short so we arrived and started singing right away. It is always interesting to watch the transformation these kiddos go through here. They start extremely shy and quiet...but by the end, we have to tear them away from their new friends that they made. All of our hard work paid off because our singing was beautiful. I was so impressed at how bold and kind the kiddos were as they ventured through the audience to mingle with the residents. Now I remember why this is my favorite day of the entire year. When we returned to Highland, we had a long discussion about our experience. This is what we have concluded:
1. Sometimes people need help doing things. Young or old, we all need help.
2. Even though these people are "really really old" they still might like Spiderman and the things kids like.
3. It makes us feel good to help them and make them happy.

Throughout the rest of Tuesday and into Wednesday we continued discussing our winter holidays that are quickly approaching (Eid is already over, ooops!) and enjoyed reading books about gingerbread people. Today, (Wednesday) we started working on our gingerbread glyph. This is a project that tells about the person making it. For example, if you are a girl you put pink eyes on your gingerbread person. If you are 6 you make a red nose. We also started comparing the different gingerbread books we have been reading. One of our favorites was reading a book about the Hawaiian gingerbread man. We noticed many similiarities even though the stories are from two different cultures. These were not the only project we worked on in these past two days. We have been making a super secret surprise for our families and we are done and ready to take them home tomorrow! You are going to love it!

We are all looking forward to pajama day (I think I am the most!) and a popcorn party tomorrow. And of course, winter break too!


Books We Read Today:

The Gingerbread Man - Jann Brett
The Gingerbread Girl - Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Gingerbread Pirates - Kristen Kladstrup
The Musubi Man: A Hawaiian Gingerbread Story - Sandi Takayama
   **(THANK YOU FOR THE BOOK MARCIA O'DUGGAN!)