Star of the Week

Ashton was Star of the Week last week at school! I promise you, he did nothing to receive this accolade. He is just 3rd in the class alphabetically and they are going down the line with one kid per week ;) 

What does this mean? From his teacher: "During your child’s week, he/she may bring in family photos to display on  our “STAR” bulletin board. You can make a poster with pictures or just send individual pictures in. Feel free to be creative and have fun with this theme. Along with the pictures your child can bring in special items to share with the class such as: a favorite toy, favorite book (that I could read to the class) or anything your child feels is special to them.  This gives all the children the opportunity to get to know one another. Throughout the week they will be filling out a form with Miss Kristen to hang on the board so that everyone can get to know the “STAR”. The child will be line leader for the week, the teacher helper, and get to do a one-on-one special project with me! At the end of the week your child will be given a certificate to keep as a token for being “STAR.”

Tell me you don't remember the rush of superiority that came with being the line leader.

Anyway, "you can make a poster with pictures" was my second assignment so far where I've had to send Ashton to school with something crafty (first was valentines). Okay, so let's "make a poster with pictures".

Get all set up and paint.

Go all Jackson Pollock on it.

Cut out letters. (Really, watch your mom do it. "Kid scissors" is kind of an oxymoron.) Then glue them.

Practice for college and work late into the night.

Then, go to bed and in the morning, the poster is magically finished!

He proudly trotted off to school with his poster and his battery-operated Diesel train for show and tell. I couldn't wait to pick him up and see how it went.

Well, he came home in pants that looked like this.

Let's just say there was an "accident", his diaper didn't quite hold and he needed to borrow some clothes. Luckily I don't think he knew enough to be embarrassed but this is certainly not how you want your first day as Star to go. Line leaders need to be taken seriously and pants like these are hardly ideal.

But the rest of the week went fine, he came home with big star stickers, a certificate, and his special "All About Me" form, which stated that his favorite color is blue, his favorite toy is his scooter, and when he grows up he wants to be a racecar driver. I suspect this was influenced by what he knew he was going to be for Halloween ;) He also said he lives with Mommy and Daddy (sorry Alex, no mention of you) and that his favorite food is "carrots". What the what? I'd like to see that! In the meantime, my kid is out there lying to his teachers.

Sunday night before Ashton's week began, Jason and I were looking at his poster in awe. Our little 3 year old has a real little life, his own likes and dislikes, goes to school and without a doubt, seizes every day. He wakes up in the morning raring to go because isn't it true?

I could now write something cheesy like "Ashton, you're our star of the week EVERY week!"...oh wait. I just did ;P