Thanksgiving

It's that time of year again...

time for family... gathering... eating too much... laughing... playing games... eating more... watching the bears... loud kids (that's everyday for me, but different kids on holidays)...

Today in school grandparents visited my first grade classroom. Only about 7 or 8 kids had grandparents there. We made finger puppets where your fingers are the legs. The kids had fun doing this, it was a multi-step craft, but we broke it into phases and had breaks in between. In one of the breaks, I sang the kids a song I wrote to go with the tune of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"...

Take me over to Gramma's
Take me to Grampa's house...
They let me play with their pots and pans
They let me mix cookie dough with my bare hands
And they let me play on their swingset
They read to me when I ask
They've read one, two, three hundred books
Now their in... my... class!

Not bad I say. Sometimes I amaze myself, really. Bottle me up, baby. I'm selling like hot cakes. Only my consumers don't have any money...

So after we made the puppets, each of the kids put on a finger puppet (one-act) play:

Characters
Grandchild
Grandparent

Act 1:
Grandchild:(In a high-pitched voice) Grandma, I am so thankful to have you!
Grandparent:(In a less high-pitched voice) Well thank you for saying that.
Grandchild: It's true! You take me to the park, you cook with me, we have lots of fun together!
Narrator: You get the point, I think

The grandparents really liked it, and the kids loved showing off their grandparents.