We were so happy that we were all healthy most of this month and that Makenna was able to attend her school Christmas party since she was sick last year and missed it.  The party was held after school on a Friday night and was for all of the classes together.  It started with a Christmas market, where parents could buy things that the kids made in school or food and drinks donated by parents to help raise money for the school.  It was a bit chaotic with all of the kids and parents in a small space, so we didn’t stay there for very long.  Then Makenna’s class and another class sang some songs that they had learned over the last few months.  They weren’t Christmas songs, rather songs all focused on a theme of books they had been reading.  This year the theme is bears, so all of the books have a bear theme and the school hallway was decorated to match the theme.  For one of the songs, one of the teachers sang and played guitar, and the principal was standing up and clapping along.  It was really cute, especially hearing the songs in French!