Dillan had practiced the songs a lot at home, and it showed. Two different moms told me how impressed they were with how well he sang. He must get that from Daddy!
Mrs Iverson said that he wanted to be in the highest back row spot whenever they practiced.
At least it made it easy to watch him.
After the program, everyone returned to their classrooms to put on their "Polar Express" box cars.
Dillan had a lot of fun decorating his box.
The instructions were very specific as to the size of the box and gave different suggestions as to how to decorate it. It was also stressed that the children needed to be involved as much as possible, not just the parents.
Dillan chose 3 different colors of wrapping paper, and wanted silver for the front of his car. We used aluminum foil. We found some red garland and battery-powered lights for cheap.
It took a lot of work, but he looked good!
They formed a huge long train and went all over the school, in and out of classrooms. Parents followed, taking pictures. Chris was a big help with some of the kids who couldn't hardly hold their boxes up or whose decorations were falling off. Those boxes needed to look good, but also last the long journey.
It was fun to see all the different boxes, each one so different. Of course, there were some that were obviously done by the parents without much help from the child.
After a little while, Leah decided to join the train, holding Dillan's hand. She loved it. She couldn't take her eyes off one of Dillan's classmates' boxes. It was pink, with a tower, flowers everywhere, and Rapunzel's picture in the window. Pretty good for a 5-year-old.
Mrs Iverson thought it was so cute that Leah joined in the group, like one of the kids.
At the end of the train ride, they returned to the Kindergarten playground where Santa was waiting. Somehow Leah missed out on grabbing a candy cane from Santa, so Dillan gave his to her, on his own, without a second thought. It was so sweet.
Kindergarten is so much fun at Christmas!!!
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