Jana Hamberlin is Bailey's primary teacher, and she is great! They had finished all of their lessons from the manual early, so on one Sunday she told the girls she had an idea. She wanted them to pick someone they could all do something nice for, for Christmas. Bailey, Marlee, Madi and Emily raised their hands, and they all had the same girl in mind. They have a girl in their class that hasn't had an easy life. I really believe the girls were inspired. Everyone agreed that Destinie was the one. That's when their planning got underway. These 13 girls and their leader went ABOVE and BEYOND! They planned for a couple of weeks. They found out all the stuff Destiny likes down to her favorite color and type of books. They bought and made all kinds of stuff for Destinie. All the girls met at Jana's house one night and wrapped the presents and tied the cutest blanket for her. Even the principal and their 5th grade teacher were in on the planning. They were just gonna drop the stuff off at her door, ring the doorbell and run. Mr. Gauchay said he'd rather have them do it at the school, once all the other kids had left, so Destinie would be surrounded by 13 girls, and know they were her friends. It turned out PERFECT!
Bailey was so excited on Wednesday. She could hardly wait until school was out. I was working at the school that day, and I could hardly wait either! All the girls met in the big room outside of the classroom. Even the older girls got out of school early, and came from the middle school. Mrs. Balginy told Destinie not to leave yet, because the principal needed to talk to her. While she was waiting in the classroom, the girls had gone out to the car to get all the stuff. Jana told her that the girls had picked one friend they wanted to surprise this Christmas, and they picked her. Then 13 girls came in carrying LOADS of presents. The smile on these girl's faces brought the teacher, and most of the other adults to tears. They filed in and set all the stuff at Destinie's feet. Then they all gathered around her and watched as she opened her presents. She was so excited and so cute. She would say things like, "These are GORGEOUS!" The girls got her clothes, shoes, makeup, toys, books, lotions, a blanket, a scooter, jewelry, and tons more stuff. The more excited Destinie got, the happier the girls got. It was such a great experience for all of us.
Here's Destinie with the blanket the girls made.
She was super excited about her new hat and gloves.
Bailey and Marlee watching her open her stuff.
Vanessa, Maddie, Jonicha, McKenzie, Taylor, Makenna, Bailey, Emily, Destinie, Marlee, Madi, and Bailey.
Destinie and Bailey
2 comments:
Tricia I know hao much this means to her. She is one of my little primary girls and she is always so sweet. Give all those girls a huge thank you from us,
I just read this and started crying!! That's so sweet!!
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