Joy School Fun: Princess Style!

  Last Tuesday was my very last time to teach Joy School with this group of girls. It was bittersweet! This term, we’ve been pretty “loose” with our definition of Joy School, and have been coming up with our own themes and activities. For our last time together, I chose a Princess theme! The girls all wore dresses, and we did princess things. Like have a “tea party”. (Water in a teapot, slices of cheese and apple, and pretty teacups and saucers.)

I also taped packing paper to the windows, and asked the girls to draw some castles and princesses for me.

Siu Jeun took care of stacking the crayons…and sneaking a few nibbles here and there. (Mmm…confetti diapers! Heh.) After our art session, we made like Cinderella…and did the laundry. Oh, yes ma’am, we did! And they liked it. (Remind me to wear a princess dress the next time it’s time to do laundry. It might make it more fun!)

The girls decorated their Princess crowns. (Check out the awesome horse on the crown on the far right!)

Oh, and Siu Jeun was happy in this picture. I asked the girls to hold his hands so he couldn’t take his crown off…but he seemed pretty smitten with the three princesses surrounding him!

 

We finished up the day with a rousing rendition of, “Hi! My Name is Joe!” (Please tell me you know that song!! I still remember it from Kindergarten!! Actually, please tell me you DON’T, because I really want someone to tell me to tape my kids dancing to this song. Heh. Not that I wouldn’t tape it anyhow, but there’s something so reassuring about a request.)

 

One last story – at the beginning of the day, Ming Wai and our little blond princess up there were outside playing in the rain. Miss Brunette wanted to stay in, so I left her in the playroom while I tidied up the kitchen and got ready for some activities. When I came back, she was sitting on the floor in front of Siu Jeun, holding his hand, and gazing at him. You  know the gaze. (She was, of course, just gazing at him like a girl would gaze at a baby…but still.) She turned to me, “Sister LoLo, he gave me a hug!” I bit back my first response (of course he did! he loves pretty girls) and just said, Oh, that’s nice! instead. She then returned to her gazing, and he leaned over and pecked her on the cheek.

That’s the point when I nearly fainted. He’s not even two yet. Oh, have mercy. He was supposed to protect Ming Wai from all the Big Bad Boys when they’re bigger, not woo all of her friends!