G's half birthday...

Birthdays are special days in kindergarten.  The birthday kid passes out a special treat during circle time an of course gets sung to.  They also get to sit in a special old fashioned desk that Mrs B has in the room for a Birthday Desk.  And for all the summer birthdays they celebrate half birthdays so that those kids don't get left out of the fun.  G's birthday is Aug 29, which would put her half birthday on Feb 29...of which there is no such date this year.  G realized this when looking at the calendar and had a small meltdown before I explained to her that we could celebrate her half birthday on Feb 28 and it would still be special.    We were looking at the Valentine clearance at Target earlier in the month, and they had big bags of tiny containers of play dough.  G thought this was great and wanted to use this as her treat, but then was torn because you couldn't eat it and most kids pass out candy or other sweet treats.  Thankfully right next to the play dough bag was a bag of Hershey's kisses - problem solved!  G handed out a small tub of play dough and 1 Hershey's kiss to each kid (and gave big envelopes of kisses to the teachers =).

G was excited about sitting at the Birthday Desk, but told me that she couldn't talk to anyone like she can do at their normal tables that have 4-5 kids at them.  I smiled at this because I knew that would be her reaction.

 

To make her day extra special, I came to eat lunch with her (parents are invited to do this anytime during the year), and I brought her her favorite "hot lunch" (she doesn't get school hot lunch and feels left out at times) - macaroni and cheese and peas.  It was a lot of fun to eat lunch with G and I stayed to help out with a craft project after lunch too.  Both Mrs. B and Mrs. Pf told me that they had fun watching G's excitement and delight at everything that day - doesn't take much to bring her joy and that is a wonderful thing!

G's fun day at school was topped off by tiny blueberry muffins at Mrs. L's house after school and sloppy joes for supper.  We were so glad she had a special and happy day!