| Holiday season's here! |
Pfiuhhh....FINALLY this semester's over! officially today was it. the last day of school this year. And so the holiday's started...yippeeee...wowwieeee...can't seem to scream enough to express my new found freedom! After 2 rough weeks of holidays stuff to take care of, the idea of 4 weeks with no school enlightens me somehow...hehehhe.
bayangin aja, nyiapin persiapan winter concert anak anak udah dimulai dari 2 minggu yang lalu, latihan gabungan, props making dan segala tetek bengek...belum lagi christmas celebrations, party hmmm...guess i deserve the restful break after all :p here are some of the highlights of the past weeks....picture paints a thousand words, i believe...
the backdrop: kids made paperback puppets of Rudolph the red nose reindeer, cut out the xmas tree-hand...santa (a teenie tiny one-"he's not fat enough!" according to our own A.J) and the sleigh full of gifts and pressents!
The very festive looking cupcakes are courtesy of AJ's mom, Vivian. Thanks a lot! they were yummy yet too hard to eat...coz they're just plainly too cute to eat!
everyone Christmas needs a tree, no? if not...where are we putting all these pressies??? :)
Cayden and his smart suit...ready for the winter concert! ain't he cute???
Jassie is simply planning her best designing skill on her Christmas stick-a-card
while Taj is creating her masterpiece on the Christmas cookie!
This is what it looked like when we're having the Christmas party...pizza-cupcakes-cookies...who could say no to THOSE???? especially 15 excited little 5-6 year olds!
seems unbelievable that a couple of minutes before, they were this serious looking crowd listening to the Christmas story...:P
Kindergarten D gets ready for the holiday concert...singing esta es la navidad and winter waltz, carrying their hand made snowflakes! they put on a good show...really proud of them.
time to exchange gifts from under the tree! sooooooo fun! everyone was so excited and yelling : "JUST WHAT I WANTED!" hihihihi...staged indeed :p
Last but not least...I'd also like to take this moment to say:
"Merry Christmas and happy holidays" to my friends out there...may the new year's be blessed and prosperous!
peace out!Labels: celebrations, christmas, kids, parties |
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| Celebrations @ PEL part 1 |
Pfiuuuuhhhhh What a busy couple of weeks i've had...di sekolah gue lagi banyaaaaak banget celebration yang musti dirayain...the round up, started with perayaan Idul Fitri ala Kindergarten, terus Diwali, itu tuh festival India penyambut kembalinya Rama, Shinta dan Lakshman dari pertapaan 14 tahun di hutan. hihihihi.... baru selesai Diwali, disambung sama United Nation Day yang waduhh...super hectic. Next week malah kita udah mau menyambut Halloween...beeeuh, party-party and MORE party ahead i suppose! :D
Gue mulai dari Idul Fitri, ya...seru deh, seharian anak anak pindah pindah post untuk ngerjain activities khas Lebaran. Di kelas gue kita bikin Ramadhan frozen cookies dan ngisi ketupat pake beras dan permen buat goodie bag. Ramadhan Frozen cookies sebenernya adalah resep karangan gue yang gue modifikasi dari resep rhumball, bahannya gampang dan bisa dikerjain semua sama anak anak, 1 paket marie regal yang besar di crushed sampai jadi bubuk, susu coklat kental manis siap pakai, melted butter sebanyak 250 gram, semua dicampur cuma biar agak 'berbau' ramadhan gue tambahin potongan kurma dan nggak pake rhum lah pastinya! 
voila...alhasil kelas gue riuh rendah penuh dengan dentuman anak anak ngancurin biskuit dengan rusuh tapi seru banget. Di kelas sebelah, mereka bikin kartu lebaran dan menganyam ketupat kertas, highlight dari celebration Idul Fitri di kelas adalah waktu snack time kita nyobain ketupat with sayur labu dan opor ayam. hihihihi...lebaran susulan nih H+14! Anak anak tahun ini cukup brave buat cicap cicip, some malah doyan dan makan dengan semangat. So cute! Apalagi denger mereka nyebut ketupat dengan "ketcyupat" ahahahha...ala cincha lowra ngga sih?? si Cayden malah dengan santainya mencomot sebongkah ayam opor dan digerogotin tanpa tedeng aling aling...nyokapnya yang hari itu ikutan bantuin di kelas sampe geleng geleng kepala 
liat ulah anaknya yang gokil. Ada juga yang bilang, " Miss Shanty, I think the ketchyupat taste like nothing...but with a bit of chicken" hahahha...tuh, review jujur ala anak umur 5 tahun!
Udah, sekarang gue pindah ke cerita diwali yaaa...
Acara Diwali kita hari ini diawali dengan ndengerin presentasi dari orangtua murid di kelas Ms. Adams, banyak parents India yang ikutan dateng to help, dan boy they wore such lovely outfits! 
Dari presentasinya bokapnya Arundhati kita jadi tau sekilas tentang legenda Ramayana dan perang antara Rama dan Ravan alias Rahwana kalau di Indonesia. Diwali dikenal juga sebagai festival of lights, jadi salah satu activities yang kita jalanin hari ini adalah menghias diyas (lampu minyak dari tanah liat),  kita juga bisa dapet bindi yang ditempel ke dahi anak perempuan, dan pake henna tattoo di tangan kita, si J.T sempet komen yang bikin gue ngakak setengah mati. Jadi kan si henna itu semacam pasta yang terbuat dari daun daunan gitu, it does have some weird smell dan looking quite messy sebelum dia mengering dan bisa dihapus dari tangan kita. Nah, tiba tiba si J.T nyamperin gue sambil pasang muka seriusnya yang kocak nunjukkin tangannya yang baru dipasangin tatoo henna, "excuse me miss Shanty, is this real poop?"
gubrakkks! hahahhaha...
Selain itu kita juga bikin rangoli patterns dari colored rice, wuih....sangat sangat 'berwarna' dan belum festival namanya kalo belom masak masak...jadi this day kita bikin Coconut Laddoos di kelasnya Ms. Sahni's. As expected, pas snack time kita pun menikmati makanan khas india, papadam dan samosas. yummy....:) so more celebration reviews soon ya...segini aja gue udah cape. hehehhe...
happy celebrating!Labels: celebrations, fun, kids, school |
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Name: shantz
Home: Jakarta, Bekasi, Indonesia
About Me: simple-bawel-nyengir-ketawa gila,cicip-cemal-cemil lover, food addict,sing-a-long freak...all that made me ...ME
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