Holiday Fun!

Thank you to everyone who sent PJs for JP. The babies and kids at Jessie's Place will be so thrilled to have new pajamas to wear this Christmas!

Here are some pictures from our holiday party on Friday. Thank you, Allyson, Jennifer, Denise, Rhonda, Theresa, and everyone else who sent items, helped with centers, or came to the party. It was so much fun!

decorating cookies! Yummy!

making ornaments

paiting faces!

eating cupcakes and snacks

making snowman "family" ornaments

Eloise, our class mascot?! Precious!

making snow

Look how much our first set of babies have grown! On Friday, they were 9 days old. They weighed about 0.8 ounces. They have fur but their eyes and ears are still closed.

At one point, I looked around and every child but 1 or 2 was holding 2-3 baby rats. They had the best time!

**Lovey still hasn't had her babies! She's very close!

Day 5: baby rats update

Ms. Cobern introduced our class to straw weaving. We have really enjoyed learning how to do it!

Here are the babies at 5 days old. All but 2 weigh 0.5 ounces. They are growing and changing everyday! We are having so much fun watching them.
Their eyes and ears are still closed.

You have to love how the kids have turned their straw weaving into blankets for the babies.

DAY 1: The babies are here!

We had no idea the babies would be here so soon! Are they precious, or what?! There are 9 healthy pinkies. If you look closely in the picture, you can see the black umbilical cord still attached on the baby on the right side of the picture. You can also see the milk band (belly full of milk) on the baby on the bottom left. We've already had 2 classes and many previous students come in to see our babies.

Isn't this amazing!!!! So perfect and so tiny!

We had another neat surprise today. The Enrichment students came in and taught us about Mexican Jumping Beans. Did you know that they are really moths inside cocoon-like seeds? They don't like heat so they "jump" to get away when they get too hot. The kids enjoyed watching them jump.

We hope that you will come back soon so you can watch as we track the growth of our babies. If anyone wants some precious baby rats, they are free to good homes and will be ready in 5-6 weeks.

Merry Christmas to us!

It looks like our class is getting an early Christmas present this year...baby rats! The kids are SO excited! Pepper is about to POP. The babies will likely be born at the end of the week or over the weekend. Stay tuned...

Almost ready for take off!!!

Before we begin our trip around the world, here is a quick picture of the awesome "grumpy" poems that the kids wrote. (We'll send them home soon for you to see the details.)
And now, we are preparing for our study of holiday traditions around the world. We are packing our suitcases, filling out our passports, exploring and labeling our maps, and getting ready for a fun vacation!

Suitcase? CHECK!

Passport? CHECK!
We will show you the map of the places we will visit soon.

Before we go for today...
THOSE SILLY ELVES ARE AT IT AGAIN! I wonder when they will start making mischief???

Come visit us again soon!