santa clyde

Clyde got sweet talked into being Santa this year @ work. He dressed up in this ratty old Santa costume and hit every classroom @ school. He read them a story, passed out candy canes, stirred up trouble in some classrooms, let the students and some of the staff (hi Jam!) sit on his lap, and kept the spirit of Santa alive with alot of students, regular ed and special ed. (He even got Erin to sit on his lap!!) Clyde really is a good example for me. Even though he may have been a smidge embarrassed, extremely hot in the costume, he did it willingly and with good spirits. He even forwarded me this note that circulated around the school:

On behalf of the cross-cat and TMD classes, we want to thank Mr. Ward for taking time to be our "Santa" today. He did a wonderful job and was so enthusiastic about it. Our more "mature" kids couldn't figure out who it really was and our more "young spirited" kids believed it was the real Santa. Although he was about to have a heat stroke, he still read them a book and let each and every kid (regardless of how big they were including Jam) sit on his lap. So, thank you, Mr. Ward for such a wonderful job!!!!