Yesterday our class gingerbread person ran away!!!! She (yes, both classes made Gingerbread GIRLS) left us clues to follow her all around the school, but we just missed her at every stop! Finally we returned to our classroom where the last clue was accompanied by gingerbread cookies and the movie version of The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.
The Morning class could NOT relax and enjoy the cookies or the movie until they knew their gingerbread girl was safe and sound and hanging back on the wall outside our classroom door! E, our teacher's assistant this week, reported that she was "shaking" when I asked her to check and see if our Runaway Cookie had returned. It was a nerve racking but exiting chase.
The Afternoon class had many theories about where the Gingerbread Girl had gone during her brief stint as a runaway. Most popular theories included:
* She wanted to meet all of the teachers in the school
* She ran away to ask everyone in the school not to eat her
* She was trying to learn to write so she had to practice by writing all those clues
* And finally they settled on...she ran away to Wegman's to buy the gingerbread cookies for us! Later an addendum was added to this theory, stating that in order to get back so fast she must have "borrowed" a teacher's car, probably Mrs. Sero's, and the children then warned me that I better look for my keys right away. [Happy to report that the "mommyvan" was still parked in my spot without a scratch on it - she's a good driver for a cookie with such short legs!]
Thankfully both Gingerbread Girls are safe and sound and have resumed their posts outside our classroom door. At least, that's where they were when we left school today for our winter recess!
Happy Holidays Everyone! Enjoy the time with your delightful children!
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