Polar Express

One of exciting moments of Kindergarten is when the kids get to host the parents for a parade! This month they did a Polar Express Parade. They got to wear their jammies to school and the families had to create a box car for their kindergartner to wear.

Natalie of course chose Princess wrapping paper and I decided she needed a smokestack but the silver glitter pipe cleaner smoke was all her idea! We added some wheels, and some festive suspenders and I thought we were through. Until....

She was checking out her best friend and classmate, Jillian's boxcar on Facebook. Then we had to add a name, so she dubbed her car the "Pretty Express". Not to out shine her best bud's, Princess Express.

The parade was a success! It was so much fun to see all the kids (about 120 of them) parade around in their different car-boxes. Even Allison was seated courtside with her friends.

Afterwards Natalie's class continued the parade down to the 5th grade classes and we drank cocoa and ate festive popcorn while Merry Christmas Charlie Brown played in the background. The kids were so excited about their fun day, a break from reading groups, math and writing, that they were chatting away sharing what they were hoping would under their tree.

Merry Christmas to my kindergartner girl! These are the tiny moments that we will forever remember, "when they were small".