run run reindeer

we had our first elementary program...

 sob.

but maybe, i am sobbing because it was so cute!

i was skeptical.com about sending jude to our neighborhood elementary. i mean we don't live in the "best" neighborhood, the school is really old and outdated,  the playground was 100% asphalt (its since been remodeled) , i had heard nightmares about the kindergarten program, and freak, it's a public school and in these days of charter schools and yuppie private schools, i was a little nervous.

turns out, i was wrong... on all fronts. its a GREAT school and jude loves it. i love that its old, it has so much character. his teacher this year, mrs. cornia, is the best and has been a teacher for over 20 years. she runs their class like a well oiled machine, and the kids are all thriving. i volunteer there on thursday's, and its such a good time, the kids are all so sweet and they are all my little friends. i love the public school elementary we have...

and i especially love the chirstmas sing-a-long they put on.

 

jude!

mrs. cornia & her kindergarten class

 everyone got to decorate their own antlers and there were some very impressive designs. however, jude malcolm is a purest and knows that reindeer are brown and are so amazing they need no additional decor. 

he's so damn cute.

 oh and ez? well, he's mine.

some side notes: trevan took the day off for this momentous occasion, yaya joined us at the sing-a-long too, and greta is still pissed they didn't ask her to sing-a-long, it's her school too!