Whoops!

So yesterday the snow began to fall... we were expecting 4-6". It fell fast and the roads were very slick. One result? i had about half of my usual class attendance.

In lieu of a full lesson plan i redirected their energies into a fun activity. Each student wrote their own personal spell... OOPS... blessing! starting out in the traditional Hebrew and switching to English for the remainder of their thoughts... to ask HaShem/Deity/the Universe for a snow day!

We all agreed that our finished blessings should go under our pillows for the night... while they slept with their pajamas on inside out! To their credit not one student simply said "please can we have a snow day tomorrow?", but rather many of them went on to say that they wished their fathers would also not have work so that they would stay home and play with them.

It was a quite the moment for me to be privy to their thoughts and verbalizing their need for family time. Have i mentioned how much i adore teaching these children?

In any case... we only got 3-4" of snow, the roads aren't that bad, temps not that cold, plows have already come down the secondary subdivision streets... AND... IT'S A SNOW DAY!!!

Those kids are some powerful magicians!

P.S. i wasn't wishing for a snow day. It's the last class period rehearsal before the Florida trip! We'll make phone calls a little later today. sigh.