Mexican King Day

January 6 is Mexican King Day - A day when the good people of Mexico recognize the gifts the wise men brought to the Child, Jesus.

Mrs. Glessner (Thank you!) made Mexican King Cake - it's shaped like a wreath and has a plastic baby "Jesus" hidden inside. Mrs. Heck cut the cake into 13 pieces (Caleb was sick...sniff...sniff - we sure missed him). The student who found the "Baby Jesus" was crowned King or Queen for the day.

Who found it?

The humble QUEEN JANAE!!!

Her reign only lasted a day, but she ruled with kindness, humility and love.

As a class, we wanted to encourage the parents of our class missionary - Jen Bitterman. Jen serves in Albania and was struck very ill last week. She was hospitalized for a whole week! Since we can see Jen's parents' home from our classroom window, my students decided to write letters and bring flowers to Jen's mom.
Here we are posing in the Bitterman's backyard

And, here we are with Mrs. Bitterman! It was a fun visit.

Queen day also included more "Anne of Green Gables" and popcorn and a pinata!

Then, TODAY....Tuesday, January 10, the Bittermans surprised US with a sweet surprise!

The card from Mr. & Mrs. Bitterman was so kind and thoughtful and the sweet treat inside the box was such a welcomed snack!!!

We wanted to be a blessing to the Bitterman family and then, they turned around and blessed us!

Such fun lessons we have in 5th grade!

Thanks to my students for such caring hearts!