Today was our final day of work before 10 magical, blissful days off of work for a holiday break. To say that work was a "fluff day" would be an understatement. At the elementary school, Heidi surprised her students with presents under their paper, student made Christmas Tree. The reusable shopping bags filled with school supplies and yo-yo's, journals, and puzzles made the children exclaim that today was, "the best day EVER!!" Heidi also was reminded how unique receiving gifts was for her students when one of them shyly and quietly came up to her to ask how much she owed Heidi for the gifts. When Heidi explained that they were gifts and she would not be collecting any money the student broke into a grin and said, "Wow! You must think we are special."
At the high school, Adam filled his day by grading final projects and just hanging out with kids. They laughed together, talked about holiday traditions together, and enjoyed the freedom of a "free-dress-red-and-green-day" together. For the afternoon hours, the elementary school traveled to the secondary campus to put on a holiday performance for all the teachers and staff. Hearing children sing, seeing them dance, and hearing their laughter filled our souls and reminded us that no matter how far we may be from our family this holiday season, we still realize that love, actually is all around!
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| A student's photo of Mr. Adam busy at work on the last day before break. |
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| A student's final project for Mr. Adam. An artistic representation from The Alchemist. Ironic that it happens to be Christmas colors. |
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| We took full advantage of "red and green" day. Really, just an excuse to wear jeans to work. |
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| A student dance performance featuring 2nd graders. They rocked it. |
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| Some of the gifts for Heidi's students. The highlight turned out to be the reusable bags. Who would have thought? |
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| A happy group of students enjoying their gifts around the fire -- err -- fake fire. |
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| 2nd graders are pumped to sing. Too bad they spilled hot chocolate all over their Santa costumes before singing! |
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