Colin’s preschool had two days of Christmas festivities. The Christmas party was on the Wednesday before the holiday vacation and Thursday a surprise guest was coming to visit the kids.
The Christmas party was a lot of fun for Colin and the rest of the kids in the classroom. The teachers had several activities planned.
The first thing Colin did was make reindeer food to lay out in front yard. The food consisted of oats and some sparkly colored sugar crystals. We WERE suppose to spread it out in the front yard for the “reindeer” the colored sugar was suppose to sparkle so the reindeer could find our house. Unfortunately, we forgot to put it out but luckily the reindeer knew where to stop anyway. 
Then Colin played a fun game of pin the red nose on Rudolph. Perfect placement of the nose---do you think maybe he could see through the blindfold?
Next we frosted cookies together……
…then he was able to eat his cookie with his favorite drink: chocolate milk. As you can see Colin has not mastered drinking from a cup so he still uses the straw. He has been working on drinking from a cup and I am sure he will get the hang of it soon.
Then the kids went into the gym and played a fun Christmas tree game. All the “decorations” were scattered around the floor. When the teacher would say the name of a decoration (like RED SQUARE) the kids would find all the red squares laying on the floor and attach them to the tree. This continued until the whole tree was decorated.
It was a fun party…all the kids enjoyed themselves. But on Thursday came the most anticipated day of the week……….
SANTA came to school for a visit.
The day was designated to be pajama day. To tell you the truth I did not think Colin would ever go to school in his pajamas. This is the kid that won’t even come out of our camping trailer with pajamas on….he is the first one dressed in the house. He really pays attention to the details on how he looks. (sounds like a certain someone else I know….not mentioning any names…Ryan…Dad)
So I decided to break a rule and give him one of his Christmas present early…a new pair of pajamas. A pair that looked like a costume of his favorite Toy Story character: Buzz Lightyear! Ohhhh my gosh, he was so excited. Just in case you don’t know, Buzz Lightyear is a space man and flies….so Colin thought he would be able to fly too. He was so excited to put on the pajamas then he hopped on the couch ready to fly off. Thank God he has common sense and did not leap off of the couch. 
He was more than excited to wear his new pajamas (or costume, the way he says it) to school.
As you can see, his arms were in the “flying” position most of the day! It was hilarious!
Finally, the most anticipated time had arrived……
….SANTA!!!!!
This year, unlike last year, Colin was all about Mr. Claus…..no fear. He was totally excited.
Santa read the kids the book Twas the Night before Christmas. With both of the preschool classes together there were about 20 kids sitting in the circle listening to Santa read. I am not trying to brag or anything, well maybe a little, but Colin was one of the best behaved kids there. Some kids were talking out loud while Santa was reading. Others were walking around. Not Colin he was content to sit there and listen to every word that Santa read. We were all so proud of him. Do you notice the cute little blond sitting by him in the picture? That is Mackenzie, one of his best friends in school. She is a little older than him and they adore each other…it is so cute!
What a great start to the Christmas holiday for Colin!
With Love,
Tina
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