Polar Express OVERLOAD

Tuesday was Polar Express Day in my class, so

lucky Miss Ame got to come to school with me.

She just "ate up" all the attention she got from

my students. She had a blast and it was pretty

fun for me to have MY GIRL there for a day!

Leading up to this day we had done various

learning activities tied to this story.

Then this afternoon the students got

to watch the movie and also make a candle

as a gift to give to whomever they chose.

Here's me and Ame with my cute, crazy class!

I wish I would have taken a picture of the FINISHED

product the next day. We gift wrapped the candles in

these cute bags that we decorated to look like

a Santa suit (red bag, black strip, with a buckle

and some added cotton).

Then after school we had a FUN surprise for our kids.

We surprised them with their own POLAR EXPRESS

ride, up in Heber. They were soo excited when we

told them where we were headed right after school.

It was SOO cold. Luckily the train was heated!

LADY FROST, as she was called,

was the MC for the ride.

She organized various games and

activities while we were on the train.

Waiting...

waiting...

waiting...

and we are off to the North Pole.

Nalu was soo funny. He was standing up with the

program (as if he were reading it) and just singing away.

He can actually sing along to a few songs.

His favorite is Frosty the Snowman.

Thw excitment escalated when we arrived

at the North Pole and Santa got on board.

Gave each of the kids a bell, asked them what they wanted

and shook their hand.

It was a MAGICAL night for the kids. Kaipo and

Ash were especially enthralled with the whole night!

Then Wed. night (we had already planned this event

b4 the actual train ride so there was no getting out of this one)

the kids each had a friend over for a

POLAR EXPRESS PARTY.

That was a lot of craziness. I don't know how much they

actually watched the movie, but they

were definitely SUGAR filled!!

hot cocoa, homemade treats (lots of which came

as gifts from my students), popcorn, etc...

Ame and her friend punched everyone tickets

These two buddies even wore their matching jammies.

So I think after these two days, we were on

Polar Express OVERLOAD, but

definitely made lots of FUN memories!!