HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIEGO!

Today was a very special day in kindergarten, because our friend, Diego, turned 6! This was the first birthday since we have started kindergarten and it was a little crazy this morning in our classroom. For the past few years I have had an elf - yep I said elf - come to my classroom during the holidays to keep an eye on my students while they are at school. Some of you may have heard of the "Elf on the Shelf" tradition and boy does Mrs. Woita love when Snowflake (our elf) is watching because my friends are always on their very best behavior. But... last year I heard about Santa giving special permission to some of his elves to help come and celebrate birthdays because Santa loves birthdays too! So I wrote Santa a letter asking if we could have an elf come and help celebrate birthdays in my classroom and guess what? CONFETTI the elf CAME! He was even dressed up in his birthday suit! The kids were so excited to read the book he left about the birthday tradition! Confetti was so silly he left confetti all over Diego 's desk and all over the carpet (although Mrs. Woita might have to write another note about the confetti and maybe keeping it at the north pole next time but we will see what Confetti thought of it - since he was watching us all day long too). I sure hope Diego had a great day too! This morning we all thought of words to describe Diego and Mrs. Woita made him a little gift from all of us - we sure hope he likes it! Here are a few pictures from our fun day!

Diego's desk and crown.

A note left for Diego and the book The Elf on the Shelf - A Birthday Tradition!

Birthday boy, Diego, and Confetti, our birthday elf!

Diego and his friends!