Both boys had their classroom parties on 12/22.  Since I volunteered at Connor’s class at last holiday, I signed up to help at Logan’s this time.  I arrived at school near the end of lunch break and some parents had been working hard to get things set up.  Once the kids returned from lunch break, the activities started.  Half of the class did Bingo while the other half worked on a picture frame with their own photo, then they switched off.  I was the photographer for the day, so I went around taking pictures and helping with the photo frames.  Logan was somewhat grumpy looking whenever I looked over to him; he did not seem to enjoy the activities as much as his classmates.  Next, it was the big event, White Elephant gift exchange.  All the kids had bought in a present for a boy or a girl.  The teacher explained the rules to the class and there were so many questions that arose from the students; they were all excited and appeared nervous with the game.  Since the weather was nice, we decided to have the game outdoor.  The boys plus one girl (who wanted boy’s toys) sat around in a circle while the rest of the girls sat around another to begin the game.  It was cute that the girl circle was very quiet and they were all politely choosing gifts from the unopened pile.  The other circle was more noisy and the boys truly engaged in this White Elephant game.  Everyone was a good sport, and there were no hard feelings with all the stealing.  Logan was able to steal a Lego gift from a boy and he was happy with it.  After the fun game, we took a group photo of the kids with all their gifts.  The class had a snack the parents prepared and later the teacher had them watched a movie until the end of the school day.  It was a fun afternoon for the class.

     Connor had requested that I stop by to see him like I did for Logan during his Halloween party.  So after I left Logan’s class, I decided that I would walk over to Connor’s classroom to see if I could peek in.  As I was walking through the playground, I heard a loud “mommy”; it turned out that Connor and his classmate were out for a bathroom break during computer lab.  Fortunately that he was able to spot me from faraway, we met up and walked him back to the computer lab.  I chatted with the teacher and found out that their holiday party also went well.  Connor was so happy to look around to give me a smile periodically while working on the computer.