School Valentines Party

Totem Falls had Friday the 13th off of school this year, so the big Valentine’s celebrations were all on the 12th. They also chose to make the 12th their annual Grandparents Day. As I’m room parent this year, I went into Lynnae’s class to help with all of the activities and to deliver treats.

Lynnae’s teacher had them make mailboxes as their homework for the week. It was really fun to see the different boxes and bags that the kids came up with. Then she set up stations around the room where they could make 4 crafts... The 5th station was to pass out their valentines. They had a great turn out for Grandparents Day... Mrs. Stewart said that it was a lot more than she’d ever seen in the past. And the addition of all of those adults made the crafts very easy to manage!

Charlie came along with me too, as always. He had a lot of fun for the first hour or so. Then he started to melt down. Austin’s grandma noticed and offered him cheese and crackers. He was back in heaven for the final hour. The next meltdown came as we were trying to leave. All in all, it was the best he has done yet at accompanying me to school. He even went potty while we were there... Although I wasn’t that happy about returning to a school bathroom myself!

It was fun to see the kids interacting with their grandparents, aunts and uncles. We don’t really have anything like that here for Lynnae, so I was happy to be able to be there so that she had someone too!