Today was arguably one of the best days I have had at Ferebee Hope. I was pleasantly greeted by my Secret Santa this morning with a wonderful warm Dunkin Donuts coffee... you rarely find that out here so my enthusiasm was just soaring through the roof!!!
Yesterday my students got a visit from Santa. They each got gifts, exactly what they asked for. It warmed my heart to see them smiling so excited to play with "baby alive" and the "motorcycles with a man". The best gift of all hands down was the DQ Blizzard Maker!! (Competing fiercely with a bell from Santa's Reindeer)I was bombarded as I came down the stairs to greet my students with CY Chants with a DQ Blizzard just for me. My student had promised me one the day before, she followed through and was so proud of herself (that was my joy for the rest of the day). The day progressed and just got better.
When I went to the CY room for my planning block the lovely Jeff Franco had emailed lous saying he had free tickets to an advanced screening of the new movie "How Do You Know". I promptly emailed him back and I got a ticket!!!! (the movie was a bust, too long and anti-climactic but it was free so hey no big deal. BUT please don't waste your money on it.)
Then my amazing Secret Santa pulled through again with a Starbucks gift card, an acclaimed second best to the few and far between Dunkin Donuts in the District of Columbia. We ate cookies and breezed through a team meeting to get back to pizza and brownies in my wonderful first grade class.
As "Toy Story 3" played in the background my kids happily ate pizza and colored holiday pictures.
Afterward I got presented with another gift, and a touching card. Another Starbucks gift card. All in all, I accumulated $50 to Starbucks today!!!(cha-ching!!!!)
The day ended with three kids in aftercare as the snow was falling we all drank hot chocolate and made holiday cards. Then off to the movies, and some Christmas shopping on the side.
I'm happy today happened.
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