And the Winner Is
It's been a good week for The Child.
They've been celebrating "Literacy Week" at school, with all sorts of fun events. The kids spent May logging the number of minutes they read each day. The Child's class won a pizza party for having the most minutes as a class and she was in a 3-way tie for the top readers. The reward for that accomplishment was having lunch with a real honest-to-goodness author. (Who's name I never did get. Oh well). The Child was tres excited about that.
Each class decorated their classroom door to showcase a particular author. 3 of us from the Parent Association board were the judges. The 7th grade, having read The Hobbit earlier in the year, went for Tolkien, turning their door into a quite fine hobbit hole: very green door, a "brass knob" in the center and all. They then copied the opening sentences into various languages (demonstrating the universal appeal of the book), had a bio of the author and a picture of a hobbit that you could see through the window. Superfantastic.
Today was character day and as you can see, she went as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter books. (She's not sad in that photo; she's trying to look serious). She called just now to tell me that the class won the door competition (the other judges apparently agreed with moi) and that she also won the prize for best costume in her class.
Sometimes it is really nice to be rewarded for your efforts, no?
Groovy as all that was, she's anticipating an even better weekend. The Best Friend is coming to town for some family celebrations and we get to have her over-night on Saturday. The Best Friend, you'll remember, doesn't live in Seattle anymore so visits are far and few between. When I told The Child she actually started to cry, that's how much she loves and misses BF. The fact that The Spouse and I are terribly, terribly fond of her is just an added bonus.
Plus, The Child will now be highly motivated to clean her room. Score.
Labels: accomplishment, Best Friend, Harry Potter, literary references\, The Child
cobbled together by Moi at 1:34 PM
15 Comments:
The Child ROCKS!
Hip, Hip, Hooray for her!
Kendall
BF and clean rooms...life is good.
In the words of Napoleon: "Heck yes! Sweet!" Nothing like a shot to the ol' self esteem in the middle school years, especially when in the form of academic accomplishment. Good for her! If she keeps on like that, she'll be able to buy you that little chalet in your retirement years. (at least that's what I'm hoping for with my offspring.)
Anything that gets them to clean their rooms is a good thing. My eldest has been home for 3 weeks from college, and high school daughter STILL has not found time to clean her lair so that our spiffy new bed/chair thingy can fit in there. I still need to post about that hellhole.
Oh, wait, PS: Thankgawd I'm not the only bragging mother. Hey, we earned those stretchmarks, baby!
Wingardium Leviosa! (spirits lifted all around)
I'll pass that on, Kendall.
Yes, it is, Rosemary. Yes, it is.
Cowbell, You better believe we earned it. And as readers who've been around a while know, academician she ain't. So we celebrate whenever there's a glimmer of hope. (Yea verily, I would rather fancy that retirement scenario).
Hat, she was practising that very spell in the car on the way in to school. I made her promise not to use the Unforgivable Curses. No calls from the office, so I'm guessing she was able to restrain herself.
Good work Child!!!!
(good work mom!!!)
(thanks, mouse)
Awwww, BIG Hugs for the Child!
What a fab idea for a school to participate in. I love the door decorating combined with heavy doses of good literature! I'd love to have these kinds of ideas for our kids to get excited about. Very original and imaginative!
And coodos for the brilliant child's success!
Isn't that last part just the icing on the cake?
They log minutes at DramaQueen's school. I was the mom who had to remember (i.e. make up) how many total minutes we read for the week. Not that we didn't read--we did. I'm just that way. And then I would forget to put it in her bookbag, or it would get lost. Now that she's older I tell her it's her responsibility to remember. Just instilling good habits.
Hope she has the best of times with BF.
Talented Child!..and very serious looking.
See if you can find out the name of the author.That would be fun to know. :)
I love that it says grow right above her head in the picture. Kudos for the reading award. What a wonderful idea for them to decorate the doors. ANYTHING that encourages them to keep reading, I am all for it. She really looks darling in that picture.
Hooray for the Child and all of her achievements. As a military brat, I had no best friends throughout childhood; we moved too much. So even tho' BF doesn't live in Seattle any longer, the Child is still tres lucky to have her in her life.
Duly hugged, Auntie.
Greeny, I thought stuff like that was standard fare for a school...can't possibly just be a Catholic thing, can it?
Absolutely, it is Alice...you know me...not much use for the children of others...BF is an absolute exception.
I'll find out, Sling...she got her autograph. That should give us a clue, eh wot?
Dena...I noticed that, too...a gift from the Neighbor. May need to blog about it. And thanks...I think she's pretty cute, too.
Red, Truer words were never spoken. Uncle JP and I were talking about it just last night...The Child hasn't had an easy go of it friendship-wise...seems as soon as she gets really close with someone they move (sorta the reverse of your story). But she's also learned that proximity does not have to be a factor in friendship. And trust me, after the weekend they had, they proved the case. Adorable girls.
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