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These are my pictures from our school Thanksgiving celebration. 




Above is Nevaeh sleeping on my sweater.   She is the sweetest, most darling little thing! 



Here is a shot of some of the kids eating the Thanksgiving feast that was provided to us at a good discount from the Canadian Honker restaurant.  It was delicious. 

On the left is Ben, who is brilliant and incredibly amusing.  He's a D&D mastermind.  Across from him is Jessica, who is an intelligent and sweet girl.  to her right is Liz, another adorable punkin. 

The  closest one to the camera is Doug, to his right is "Shane the Pain" and to HIS right is "Special Eddie."  LOL.  Those are Doug's nicknames for them.  They fit remarkably well--but they are all sweet kids too.  Shane and Blake ("Eddie" is Blake's LAST name) are the ones that roam the hallways making wookie noises that sound like shrieks of agony OR perhaps mating calls.



This is my plate--the meal was excellent--slabs of moist delicious turkey, tangy cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and dressing with gravy, and made-from-scratch buns.  They had a variety of diet beverages and water as beverages as well.  Later, pumpkin pie with whipped cream was served.



Shane and Blake after consuming their meal.  You can see the remnants of Doug's pumpkin pie in the lower right corner.



Jessica and Dawntaya enjoying their pumpkin pie.  If the flash had just gone a second later, you would have seen Taya with her face covered in whipped cream--well, her mouth anyhow.  She looked so dang adorable.  LOL.  Like a little kid caught in the act.  I got the giggles and laughed so hard I thought I might pee my pants.



Laurie, one of our special ed teachers, had put together a great slide show to celebrate what we are thankful for--it was pictures of the kids at school, doing what they do.  There was a shot of me looking really repulsively enormous at my desk.  Ugh.  Here we have Josh and Joey getting set to view the show. 



Here are Rachael and Ben.  Rachael is a big goofus.  You can't help but love her.  Ben is a great kid.  I'm sad that he came to us as a senior--we hardly get to enjoy him before he will leave us.  I think it is incredibly sweet that he and Rachael have connected.



There's a slightly more mushy pose--but Rachael still looks a little psychotic.  She is NOT psychotic.  LOL.  She just occasionally gives off that impression.  But, oh, what a loveable little nut she is. 



Our administrator, Jay, who is a delight in every conceivable way.  He has such an enormous and loving heart for these kids--and everyone that is in his realm of influence.

He had written a "rap" which he read while wearing another kid's hat backward.  It was cute.  If I can, I'll get a copy of it and post it up.

He's pretty talented at writing poetry that appeals to the kids.  It's funny and serious at the same time.

We all love Jay...