person of the day

Life is full I guess. I've been a very bad blogger. Just can't get the time and energy to sit down and catch up. And then once I get behind, it's just too tiring to attempt to catch up.

So brief highlights from the last couple of weeks.



We went to the zoo with our friends Chris and Jana again a week or so ago. We went to wild animal show for the first time. I was very unsure how this would go. Applause was a fear in the past, though the game show obsession did give him a healthy appreciation of applause. And animals are definitely still a fear, other than riding on huge camels, which he's totally cool with. But he loved the show. Look how attentive he was in the above photo! Such a big kindergartner.



And he wanted to support the endangered crayfish that can only be found in our county (Seriously? This must be some sort of hybrid crayfish indigenous to middle Tennessee, because I'm pretty sure the crayfish population as a whole is doing okay.) and we shelled out $2 for this lovely pin and card after the show. And I have no idea where these precious items are right now. Probably on the floor of the van.

Last week was a crazy fun week. Luke really loved spirit week at school, with island day being his favorite.


I might have slightly overestimated the percentage of kids that would dress up for island day. As we walked in Tuesday morning Luke said, "Where is everyone's costume?" Whoops. Thankfully we spotted a few hats and grass skirts before he got to class. And fortunately he was pretty happy about the attention he got for his hat.


And spirit week was capped off with the Hoe Down on Friday. We toned down the level of costume just a bit. And apparently kids prefer dressing as a cowboy/girl over dressing as an islander, based on the level of participation. Lamar and I had fun helping make applesauce in Mrs. Wheeler's class on Friday.

Friday night was the school hoe down (fall festival). Luke has a blast at the chaotic, over-stimulating festivities. He LOVED the dunk tank and Mrs. Wheeler encouraged him to give it a try. The brave dunkees (some teachers and principals) let the him hit the target with his hand when he missed with his throws. I'm pretty sure he would have spent the whole evening watching the dunk tank. But he enjoyed a bounce house and some other games too. He loved bumping into friends. (Literally. It was packed.)

Luke came home sick from school today. He told me it was okay to go to the nurse's office because she doesn't have shots in there. I can just imagine the conversation he and Mrs. Wheeler must have had before he agreed to go.

When he came home sick today he was very concerned that #1 he left his rain jacket at school and #2 that he wouldn't be able to go to school tomorrow. Since the second week of school, each day there is a Person of Day. I think there are some priviledges that go along with the title, but most importantly the person stands in front of the class and everyone has a chance to ask them questions. Luke loves this (likely because it resembles a game show just a bit). Today the last student had her turn as Person of the Day, which means tomorrow is Mrs. Wheeler's turn as Person of the Day. Luke's been talking about this day for a week or so. He has his question ready: "Do you have a Wii?" If she responds no, he plans to say, "That's okay. Do you want a Wii?" If yes, his follow-up question will be, "What is your favorite Wii game?" He's thinking her answer might be the Hannah Montana game (A real shocker if he's right).

So he asked me to email Mrs. Wheeler about his jacket. He was very concerned about it. (I don't know why. He leaves things at school all the time and doesn't miss them.) I did and told her I was hoping he wouldn't miss her big day tomorrow. Mrs. Wheeler emailed me a quick response to please tell Luke she was keeping his jacket safe and if he wasn't at school tomorrow, she would wait until he returns to be person of the day. Best kindergarten teacher ever.