so, i noticed in one day i got almost 100  new subscribers.  thank you.  i’m honored.  when my greatest passion is shared by others i feel happy.

i followed a link and see that i’ve been nominated for the “best teacher blog” award with edublogs.  then this morning on my regular blog visits, i see that almost every blog i love has also been nominated.

so now it’s this silly mind dance about popularity.  because in the end, it’s all about votes.

it’s kind of a weird thing.  i don’t put myself in situations where i have the chance to “win” or to “be the best.”  if so, i could sure do this blog thing better.  i could reply to comments more often, i could answer questions in a more timely manner, i could update every day, i could advertise, i could do give-aways, i could ask you questions, i could link to other blogs more often, i could comment on other blogs more often, i could have guest bloggers, i could, i could, i could…

i can’t deny that my day was made to just be nominated.  i might have blushed.

the good thing is that any blog nominated is worthy of recognition…it’s simply the world being made brighter for our youngest.

thank you, deborah.  and welcome, new readers.

whether you practice big shopping today or your observe national buy nothing day,  here is a shopping video for you:

enjoy!

flashing back to 2008 and hoping for enough food for everyone this season.

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throughout the week, children were invited to bring their favorite food to show us, tell us about, and even taste.

our feasts definitely grew in size over the week.

eating our ice milk from i week and tasting ms. vilia’s indonesian food was a special treat.

after reading and counting along with feast for ten, we praciticed thanksgiving feast table manners.  quiet voices, pleases and thank yous abounding, and lots of brave tasting of new foods.

happy thanksgiving, all!

flashing back to 2010

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oh, before we turn all advent-y on you, let me wrap up the thanksgiving goodness:

we made harvest corn by taking turns rolling paint down a length of paper, letting it dry, cutting it out and adding brown paper stalks.

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we played thanksgiving bingo that i made.  all the cards had the same pictures on them but in different order.  since we were playing “black out” all the kids yelled “BINGO!” at once.  good times.  no tears or frustration this time around.

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i made a less expensive version of pumpkin pie playdough:  instead of buying pumpkin pie spice, i just used cinnamon, allspice and ginger.  we brought the oven from the family corner over.  there were some interesting pie crust making techniques!

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we made our traditional thanksgiving placemats from pictures/fabric/stickers/photos children chose at school or brought from home.  this is a highly teacher involved activity (helping cut things to size, helping glue things on so the pictures can be seen, covering them in a plastic page protector, etc) but worth it in the end.

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“turkey rob” made by mr. rob last year joined us every day at the snack table.  we turned him around mid snack so everyone got a chance to look at this face…and his bum. hee hee hee

now turkey rob has been replaced with a preschool-made advent wreath…stay tuned.