The Countdown is On...

It is 10 pm and Wyatt is still awake in his room. We leave for Tahoe tomorrow and he is so excited he can't get to sleep. One more week until Santa comes, I'm not sure if he is going to make it that long!!

Happy Times Holiday Party

Last day of school before winter break and I was fortunate enough to attend the Happy Times holiday party. There was a jingle bells sing along, loads of sugar cookies and even a visit from Santa himself. Malcolm asked his teacher if it was the "real" Santa just to make sure. When Santa was leaving Malcolm through a tantrum and attempted to run out of the classroom door. When he finally calmed down enough to speak he said he wanted to go outside to see the sleigh and the reindeer. We had a hard time convincing him that Santa drove a truck to Happy Times and left the sleigh in the North Pole.

San Quentin Souvenir

I accidentally left the prison this week with these two face shields (required when walking on the tier with condemned prisoners held in segregation.) Better than any xmas gift I could have purchased, the boys love them!

Karate

Wyatt had a blast at Leo's Karate birthday party along with all the boys from his kindergarten class. He has decided he wants to start taking karate classes.

School Photo

Same pose, same background, same order forms, as when I was in kindergarten.

Do Not Try This at Home

You can't turn your back on these thrill seekers for a minute these days. Malcolm insisted it was OK to do this because it is his body and if he wants to hurt it, he can. Wyatt tried to make me feel better by saying, but I hold on to the railing...which won't do him a bit of good at the speed he is traveling down those steps.

That's Dinner?

The first of many dungeness dinners this season. Yum!

Mustachio!

Like papa, like sons.

Lemonade Stand

Last week, out of the blue, Wyatt decided he wanted to have a lemonade stand. I'm not quite sure where he got the urge, especially since its December and it has been pretty chilly around here lately. The idea persisted throughout the week and by Friday he had already told many of his buddies at school to come visit his stand. Wyatt and Malcolm both helped make the lemonade and set up the stand. Wyatt made the sign. They had a great time selling lemonade, especially when friends from Wyatt's class who live in the hood stopped by.

Before the big day we talked about what Wyatt wanted to do with the money he would earn from his stand. His classroom, K 107, has "save" "spend" or "donate" jars and he decided that he wanted to put the proceeds from the lemonade stand in the donate jar. In fact, he even told one customer (a friend from another Kinder class at Grattan) that the money was going to Kenya to help kids who don't have enough in their school. I wasn't sure that was entirely accurate (in fact I didn't know he'd ever even heard of Kenya!) but I was very impressed. We were proud of the hard work and the $12.80 they raised. However, after talking about donating the money all weekend, on Monday morning when his teacher, Mr. Draven, asked which jar he wanted to put it in he replied, "spend!" Guess we will just have to have another one to raise money for the school kids in Kenya.