Well, it started just before Thanksgiving - JURY DUTY! Which, kept me away from my firsties for 7 school days - it was hard, I mean I couldn't even attend our buddy Thanksgiving breakfast. Thank you Kyla, my ex-teammate, but planner EXTRAORDINAIRE who wrangled all the parent volunteers in her 5th grade & for MY 1st graders! She managed the whole thing without me, I was just super sad about missing it.
Well, we {in 1st grade} had to regroup EXTENSIVELY when I returned, because my sub was literally C- to the RAH-ZY!!! After a week of "Miss King doesn't allow that" or "Those choices get us timeouts" & quite a few tears {YEAH, like that's gonna work!} we are back to my loving, sweet, STRUCTURED classroom!! Where, btw, we don't pee on walls, spin on step stools, and draw on the whiteboard as a station!!!
All this info. to say that we didn't get to make our banners this year because I was just BEHIND. I had to spend so much time getting back on track, testing kiddos, & then...a filling fell out! I know...just what I needed. So on Tues. I had to take a 1/2 day to get to the dentist, PRONTO - without that morning I knew, the banners weren't happening this year. I could feel the stress raising my blood pressure so I decided, instead of forcing a 2 day project into 1 1/2 I would save myself a trip on the crazy train {& my kids LOTS of tears} and we'd do a fun snowman project/gift in Jan.
I shouldn't feel guilty, right?!?! I mean I did do Grinch Day, St. Nicholas Day, Polar Express, & Gingerbread Day {all in December-each day having some sort of treat or special craft}. Sorry parents, but in case you need a parent gift here goes....
Happy parent-gift crafting!
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