Pam knows that I have a special group of kidlets this year in 3rd grade. I'm having a fabulous year with my kids as they are the nicest, sweetest, funniest group of kidlets that I've ever had...:-4 I just 'lubs' them. They make me laugh everyday and so do their parents:p
We were studying some facts about Oz, and I told my kids about my friendship with AussiePam. Every morning now they walk into the class and say, "Allo mate....and how's our Aussie Pam?":yh_rotfl "What's she up to today mate?"
I've been telling Pam all of my little stories about the kidlets and Pam decided to send them a 'WEE' package about Oz....with a special treat.
Well, the package arrived, and the kids and I opened it together...WOWZA.....The kids were over the moon with excitement because their new friend AussiePam has sent a package, to them, all the way from Australia...You'd think that Santa Clause had arrived...:yh_rotfl
When we opened the package, we found tons and tons of goodies....postcards, Oz coins and pictures of their currency, books about animals, magnets, flags, ballons...both with Australian written on it, stickers with the Oz flag for everyone, and stickers of all of the Oz animals, and dvd's of Oz famous songs and Alboriginal music.
I honestly cannot begin to tell you how delighted and touched my children and I were to receive this package.........
But, the most important part of the package for my children was the fact that Pam had sent them a postcard with their name on it and a special note to each child to say hello and tell them some facts about the pictures on the postcard.
I cannot even begin to tell you how important this was to my kids. I honestly can't. Pam has the ability to touch one's heart and let them know that they are important and special :-4.. She is a stranger to my kids but yet has instilled a feeling of closeness and compassion with them.
One of my boys, who is so quiet and just hates structure, sat there crying when he read Pam's postcard. When I asked him what was wrong, he just said that no one ever cared enough about him to send him a postcard, and that Pam must be a special person to write all of these cards to 21 kids. He thought that many adults should do this for kids. All of my kids thought this.
Imagine, something so simple means so much to our kids....just a postcard saying hi and sending hugs and love to our kids means so much to them.
Thank you so much Pam. They just love you and all of the treats that you've sent to them.
I'm going to post some pictures of the kidlets holding some of the items that Pam has sent, but I don't feel comfortable posting their faces on an open board. I've sent Pam pics of them, but I've also taken pics of them, holding Pam's gifts, from below their face.
It will take me 'a bit' to post the pics....:p
