Ooozing with Mommy Pride

Last week, I got a flyer that had the dates and time of each awards assembly (divided by grade) for Ryan's school. Ryan's was at 9 a.m. This meant that I would have to attend with all three of the other kids. I was not looking forward to this. They had not told me that Ryan was receiving an award, so I had a very brief flicker of thought for not going. My little boy had other plans. He pointed at the flyer and said, "You wouldn't miss it, right, mommy?" So this morning, I packed up the kiddos and we went to an awards assembly. On the way there, I stopped at Walgreens and bought him some sunglasses as a present. I am very proud of Ryan and didn't want to see him crushed if he didn't get an award. I wanted to have something for him.

Little did I know...

Reading Achievement Award


Best Japanese Student Award





Advanced Reader Points Champion




Most Improved Student Award



And my Personal Favorite...P.E. AllStar Award (Seriously? Ryan is the clumbsiest kid I know. This one had to be for effort more than ability)




He did okay. :) Another mother came up to me afterward and asked if Ryan would be willing to share with the rest of the kids. It is a little bratty for Ry to be so spoiled. These kids have so many different teachers that it wasn't a matter of figuring out one award for each kid. The Japanese award was chosen by the Japanese teacher. The AR award was based on points Ryan got for reading books and testing on them. The P.E. award was chosen by the coaches. The Improvement award came from grades. And the Reading achievement was based on how they tested in their current reading level. I've been talking to Ry about not being snotty about this. But I am pretty dang proud.





Ryan is an amazing kid and I am so blessed to have him in my family. A special thanks to my friend Nikki for the use of her non-toilet water saturated camera.

WE LOVE YOU RYAN!!

Memory Lane Contest

So, the unthinkable has happened (again). When I tried to get all the kids together for a Mother's Day Picture with their mom, I was heartbroken to discover that the camera was broken forever following a Quentin-induced swim in the toilet. This sad little blog is going to get neglected. But, for fun, we're going to play a game. (It's not hard) I'll post baby pictures of all my kids and you post which you think is which (Ryan, Sean, Chloe, or Quentin). For extra points, tell me what tipped you off. No Cheating!! Come up with your answers before reading anyone else's comment. Ready?

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For reference, here they are now:

Ryan



Sean



Chloe



Quentin