Celebrating Jay's Birthday at Kindergarten

Today, Karen and Zan brought a cookie cake to kindergarten during Jay's lunch.  "I left a few pieces at home, and one of them says 'Ben' on it," said Karen to Ben when he saw her at the kindergarten.

Karen got to see how lunchtime works at kindergarten.  All the children wait until it's their table's turn to fill their plates.  The teacher gives the first serving.  After they've eaten, they can go to the serving table on their own to serve themselves again. Many of the children go up for seconds.  Jay went up for thirds, fourths and fifths.  His serving scoops were pretty small but he did go back for more 5 times.  "It was lentil lasagna - I guess I should make that at home!" said Karen.

After the children are finished eating, they each take their own plates to the sink, where there is a step stool set up.  Each child rinses and wipes off his own plate and takes it to the dining cart and stacks it neatly.

Since it was Jay's birthday celebration, after dishes was dessert!  Jay sat at the serving table with his sliced cookie cake.  Everyone sang Happy Birthday in English and then Jay served each child a piece of cake, calling each one up by name (with the help of his teacher).  Zan helped.  It was a happy birthday, indeed!!