Dec. 13, 1999

Hi Boys and Girls,

I finally made it to Livermore and Mrs. Burns First grade class. I arrived Thursday night and was just in time for a special Hanukkah celebration with four other classes! I got to taste potato pancakes called latkes and played a dreidel game. (We used M&Ms!). It was really fun! Mrs. Burns will be sending pictures about this fun event in a couple of days. She is really sorry it took so long to write my journal...her email crashed at home! I don't understand much about that kind of stuff. The boys and girls here are really friendly. They all want to hold me! They really enjoyed looking through all my stuff and books
that I have collected. Well bye for now!

Friday- December 13.
What a busy day we had! I was surprised to see all the first graders in pajamas! First we met with another class and got to draw a nutcracker in the library. I helped Katie draw hers. She really liked my suggestions about coloring! Next we stood in line and waited for "The Polar Express!" I even got my own ticket! We listened to the story and we each got a special bell...I got one too because I believe! (I hope Santa brings me a bone!)
Then we got to drink yummy hot chocolate and eat Christmas cookies! Yummers! We went into the multipurpose room to practice a song for the assembly tomorrow...The song was about a reindeer with a red nose...kind of strange I think. I hope I remember the words. After that, we colored our Nutcrackers and listened to the Nutcracker Ballet. We are getting ready for our field trip to the Oakland Ballet on Wednesday! I get to go
too!!! I am so excited. Well I am bushed. I need lots of sleep. These first graders keep me really busy!

More tomorrow!!

Love,
Addey