James loves his Charlie Brown Christmas tree

full of the ornaments the kids made in school.  The only problem is most of them are old and breaking.  My favorite one is the reindeer made from a candy cane. All of my kids made one with Mrs. Multer. They are so cute and yet so soggy that, I just cant put them out anymore.

With that thought in mind,

I went to Morgans 2nd grade class with a clay slab ready to cut.  One at a time each of the students picked which rubber stamp they wanted to use for their ornament.  Each wrote their name in the clay and the year.  Then, they gave it their stamp of approval. When the clay ornaments came out of the kiln, I went back for a day of painting.  Each picked their color and we painted them.

I have to tell you

I miss teaching on days like that… Interacting with the students and learning about them was so enjoyable.

I guess the highlight

of the day was Morgan allowed me to read my new favorite Christmas story to them, “How to Catch a Santa.”  It was so fun and made this old school teachers, CHRISTMAS.

Thank you, Morgan, for sharing your Christmas “JOY” with me.