Merry Christmas!! It has been an action-packed 5 days leading up to the holidays! Every day, we have come with stories about our "elf on the shelf"'s antics, tales of our visits with Santa, and calculations/debates of precisely how many days are left until Christmas... "No, but you can't count today!"... "Yes, you have to count today because it's only the morning!" We really enjoyed getting our Christmas Spirit on with a sing-along with Mme Paschalis' Grade 1/2 class. Madame Van Sickle decided to embrace that Christmas spirit, too, by doing a science experiment with candy canes. Which one would change the most?...the one in cold water, hot water, vinegar, or oil? We made our hypotheses and then tested our theories. We set a timer for 5 minutes and then observed the changes. The hot water was the winner! Almost all of the colour had dissolved. Vinegar was next, followed by cold water, both of which had completely dissolved the candy canes by the end of the day. The oil did nothing!...nada!...zilch! We spent some time prepping our props for our Winter production this week, too! And in the end, we did such an amazing job on our performances! We should definitely be proud of ourselves! Below is a video of the production. It's posted as a protected link so that it can't be searched on YouTube - it's only accessible for people who have the link. Nana Kesler also spoiled us this week with individualized homemade ornaments and treats! She really is the BEST adopted grandmother ever!! And so talented, too! And even though we were a little late celebrating this holiday, we wanted to recognize "St. Lucia's Day" (traditionally celebrated on Dec. 13). It's a holiday that originates from Sweden, where our friend Lo's family is from! We listened to a story all about the traditions surrounding the day and then did our own little St. Lucia procession wearing the paper crowns that we made. Lo's mom even made us some traditional pepparkakor, a Swedish treat! It was so yummy! And since we're celebrating all the things, we couldn't leave out Mexican Christmas! ...especially since Liliana's dad is from Mexico! Originally, we were planning to make our own piñata for this event, but our homemade efforts met a tragic demise when the balloon inside the paper maché popped before it could all dry. But there's no problem that a little creativity (and the Dollar Store) can't fix! And while they were far from being traditional Mexican Christmas piñatas, we really didn't care about the appearance. We were far more concerned with the content. Extra photos...
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