Marie turns 3 today! She was so excited about celebrating her birthday at school. Her teacher has a wonderful birthday ritual that Marie told us about many times. The children sit in their circle and in the middle is a candle representing the sun. The "birthday child" holds the globe. The parent (me, fighting not to cry) tells a little bit about the child's first year. When the I was done, Marie walked around the sun holding the globe, representing her first year. The children sing a little stanza about the earth moving around the sun and then we talk about her second year and so on. Marie was so excited; she kept practicing at home how she was going to walk around the sun and also thrilled that Jim and I would be at school with her. After the sun-earth part, they children sang "Happy Birthday" and she got to wear her crown. Then she picked a friend to pass out napkins and one to pass out the snack with her. It was so fun to see her think through her choices. 
She had informed me a while back that she wanted to bring popcorn balls. I thought, "Great! How healthy." I had never made them before. I can't believe how much sugar and corn syrup is used to make a popcorn ball! They are h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e for you!!! And rather sticky to make, I might add. The teacher made sure all the students knew to recycle their plastic baggie and to throw the napkins away in the compost pail.
2 comments:
WOW! What a neat way to celebrate "one more time around the sun". :) Sounds like a great memory was made for all three of you! I have never tried popcorn balls.... was it worth the work? I'll take my queues from you!
Oh and you know I couldn't leave without commenting about the background... snow... ahhhhhhhhh!
Happy Birthday Marie!!!
oh shoot... you have me tearing up (with the first year stuff!)
you know, I would be suprised if Marie carries pieces of this memory through adulthood.
Kudos to her teacher!
it's fantastic!!!
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