Two weeks of school left before Christmas Vacation! Saturday evening, we decided to make sugar cookies and watch my favorite Christmas movie-- White Christmas-- and Sunday we decorated them.

I'm not going home for Christmas break, because with my brother getting married in April, I decided to go home then-- with it being more of a priority. :-) I've been away from home for the holidays before-- and I guess with being as self-sufficient/independent as I am, I'm ok with being away from my family during Christmas (or even Thanksgiving). (And because I know that my parent's read my blog, this does not mean that I don't like to come home for the holidays.... LOL) It seems a bit different year however, with being in a totally different country than my family-- or my friends in Kansas. I'm not usually one who gets home-sick, with always having lived several hours away from them, but I've always been within driving distance (4-7 hrs) of them. Lately, I have gotten a bit "home-sick" with everyone talking about seeing their families and friends over the break-- But I know that's just what comes with living here, away from everything familiar that I'm used to.
I am looking forward to though, being able to do some exploring here, having time by myself-- and of course having the warm weather right now (while I'm sure it's probably going to be freezing in Nebraska!!) isn't the worst thing in the world to have! LOL

This week is still a relatively normal week at school. Next week there will be music concerts and Christmas parties-- and then I think we have a half day next Friday. It is hard to believe that the school year is almost half over!!

                     

My Christmas decoration for my classroom--made by my aide's daughter... 

 

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