Last Friday I was scheduled to begin my volunteering in Zach's classroom with his teacher, Mrs. Bist. I've been looking forward to it so much. I just happened to be starting on the day of their Red, White, & Blue Parade. All three K-5 classes were set to participate. Mrs. Bist made my day when she emailed and told me that I could feel free to bring my camera. . . yippeee!! You know I loved that!
Zachary was so excited all week. They had been making their necklaces, crowns, etc. to wear in the parade. He was also excited that I was going to be there for the parade. He kept reminding me to bring my camera. . . . as if I would ever forget!
When I arrived at 1:30pm I started immediately on my assignments to help Mrs. Bist. She asked me to help with organizing all the Friday folders for the kids to take home their week's work. As I was working I was so impressed with the class. They were respectful, very well behaved and were having fun. Mrs. Bist is so kind and gentle with them, yet maintaining perfect control. I wish she would write a guideline book for me to have here at home for my control skills! She was awesome!
Around 2pm the kids all got lined up and were ready for the parade. They had their musical instruments, star crowns, necklaces, flags, etc. and were ready to go! I hurriedly grabbed my camera and off we went. Mrs. Bist was at the front of the line playing the patriotic music. We walked around the entire school with all the classes coming out on the breezeway to cheer everyone on. Fun! Fun!
I was able to take several cute pictures even though it was in the middle of the afternoon with the harshest of lighting, with moving children waving everywhere, under a dark, shadowy breezeway. Not perfect conditions for good photography by any means - but, it was tons of fun. I loved it. The kids had a blast.
At the end of the parade I asked if the three classes wanted to gather around their teacher out on the grass for a group picture. I loved Zach's class picture. The kids look so festive and, in my opinion, they have the BEST teacher in the whole school!
Later on that night I asked Zachary what his favorite part about the parade was. His answer was HILARIOUS. He said, "I really liked parading around the school for the little kids to see. It was nice for us to do that for the little kids." I about died inside but somehow kept my composure and gently reminded him that he and his friends were the youngest kids in the school. He adamantly denied it, telling me that he was the big kid! Hilarious.
Enjoy the pictures below. . .
In other family news. . . DADDY JUST GOT OLDER!!! Yes, he just celebrated a birthday on September 29th. He is still TWO years older than me. Yay! Hahaha!
We took him out for Krispy Kreme donuts on his birthday morning then had family time at the park. Treated him to lunch too. Then, he and I had a date night that evening. It was a fun day but I cannot handle those days too often. The amount of junk food we consumed was frightful!
And, lastly, here are a few cute pics from the last couple weeks. We enjoyed those very few days of cooler weather - wish they would come back. It was great to be outside!!
Brotherly love!
Love how her belly spots show right after she's had a haircut. The girl is just CUTE!
In the closet with daddy. He's just a sweetie pie!
What a precious sight!!! Love my mama and my boy!!
She sleeps like this constantly. The equivalent to sucking a thumb I guess - I don't understand it. I've never seen this before in other doggies! Strange. . .
Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!!
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