Monday, December 22, 2008

Christmas Around the World

For Dallin's school Christmas Party they had a theme of "Christmas Around the World". They spent two weeks learning about different Christmas traditions around the world and for their party they had a food sampling from different countries like Mexico, Germany, Israel, France, and America. It was so cute. They even made themselves "passports" detailing the different countries that they went too. Oh and by the way, don't mention ever going to France to Dallin because he will get very upset. Apparently they learned that the tradition of putting coal in naughty children's stockings began in France, so he "NEVER EVER" wants to go there because he wants presents not coal. I took Mandy and Layton with me to the party and you would have thought that it was just as much Mandy's party as it was Dallin's. When it was time for the party to begin, I walked with Mrs. Allen to go pick the kids up from the playground. Walking back, Mandy fell right in line with all the rest of the kids and walked along with them just like she belonged there. Then in the classroom she found herself a chair, pulled it up to Dallin's table, made herself a plate, and began partying right long with the rest of them. While they were eating, there was Christmas music playing and as soon as she was done, Mandy got out in the middle of the floor and started dancing. She soon had several other classmates out there dancing with her too. She is so crazy! Dallin is a little crazy too and so much like his dad it is a little scary sometimes. One of the treats they had was gumdrops. If you will remember, in the gumdrop mix there is one that is pretty spicy. Dallin tasted it and he hopped around and made crazy faces because his mouth was burning. You would have thought that he would never want to eat one again. But no. Not Dallin. He goes over to the gumdrop bowl and picks out every spicy one that he can find. He and Nathan love the spice, even when it hurts. Crazy.

1 comment:

minnieokra said...

Looks like Dallin and Mandy enjoy school...what a blessing. The sun oven looks great.