Thanksgiving Feast

I took a chance that Jamie's Thanksgiving Feast started at 10am and actually got myself up and ready and out of the house in time to stop at Safeway and buy groceries for our own Thanksgiving dinner. I finished at the grocery store earlier than expected and headed over to Polston at about 9:45am...just in time to catch Mrs. Rodriguez' class parading through the halls dressed in their "native american" attire.

Each child made their own costume, complete with headband & feathers and necklace. So adorable! They also made pilgrim outfits but I never saw them actually wearing those.













After the parade, they posed for a group photo and then listened to Mrs. Rodriguez read a story about the first Thanksgiving.



I was glad that I got there early because they took off their costumes and packed them away in their backpacks before the feast began. If I had arrived at 10:00, I would've missed it!



















Then it was time for the feast, which included blueberry muffins, kettlecorn, raisins & nuts, cornbread and beans with dried corn. I've been impressed with Mrs. Rodriguez' parties because they are healthy...no junk food. She has a rule that everyone has to at least try a little bit of everything.

The room was decorated with different Thanksgiving themes and, of course, the kids had their art on one wall. Each masterpiece was accompanied by a feather where each child wrote something they were thankful for. Jamie wrote that he is thankful for his daddy. That's OK...when he's a professional football or baseball player and he gets some camera time, I know that he'll be saying, "hi mom!"