1st CCCP

Combined Classroom Christmas Party - Sean's first! Karla prepared our contribution the night before, I got cameras ready, we taxied over with Lora Drumm and the festivities began. All parents are there, so that's two classes 16 kids each = 32 kids + 64 parents, throw in some teachers and TA's and thats a full classroom! Fortunately parents and children were well behaved!

So we arrived and added our veggies to the heaping food table and got ready for the kids to come. The parents are all seated waiting expectantly and in come the kids with santa hats and smiles. Like Karla says there is not much cuter than a bunch of 4 year olds singing Christmas carols! They sang the hits, Jingle bells (in English and Chinese) but also current hits such as "We fish you a hairy Christ-Moose". We got heaps of video of course. We also had Ms Tsang take a picture of all four of us as today is Sam's 6month birthday!

After the Carols, kids got to make Christmas tree ornaments with their families and then lunch! Gifts seemed to be passing around too as kids distributed class gifts to all their classmates. We got some lunch and then DESSERT and Sean ate with his friend Kabir. I got a tour of the class from Sean and then had to head back to School. Just as I was about to leave who comes in the door but Santa (with real beard!) Sean was remarkably calm about it as most kids struggled to get as close as possible. I think he was a little unsure at first but Karla asked him later if he wanted to sit on Santa's lap and Sean said he did.

By this point Sean was looking pretty tired, and other kids were just going home with their parents so Karla opted for that and the three of them headed for home in a taxi.

After school we did our friday hike, this time into Chai Wan. We caught the bus home and had Tortilla's. Beautiful day, great hikers in this family. Sam content as can be in the Bjorn and Sean is now choosing the hike routes!