Happy Valentine's Day!

I would say that the sign of a great party is when you are too busy having fun to take very many pictures.  And that is why I only managed to take two!  Thank you so much to Cooper's mom and Owen's mom for planning and orchestrating the party.  Thank you to all the parents who were able to come, and who sent valentines and goodies for us.  The kids had a blast!  We decorated valentine sacks and cookies, played a very cute relay race, made bracelets, and passed out valentines.  And the balloons were a huge hit!  Thank you parents for sending your little sweethearts to SPX!

Chinese New Year

We had a great week learning all about the celebration of Chinese New Year.  As you can see above, we capped off the week with a festival of sorts, doing our own versions of dragon and ribbon dancing, as well as twirling and posing with some beautiful Chinese parasols.  We learned that this holiday is celebrated in several Asian countries and also by many people in the U.S.  We also learned that traditions include cleaning for the new year by sweeping out the bad luck, getting new haircuts and clothing, and children receiving money in red envelopes.  I think we all had a great time, teachers included :)