Student of the week

Another busy week around here. The highlight of last week was that Parker was Student of the Week. There is one student per class, per grade selected. She got a certificate during a little assembly they have on some fridays...sort of like a pep rally. She's proud of it, but not exactly sure what she did to earn it. I bought her a couple new hair bows in school colors at the PTA table, and she was probably more excited about receiving those than the award.

She continues to keep herself busy with arts and crafts. She's also big in to 'reuse and recycle'. Here, she's making a bracelet by taping strips of colored paper around the rubber band that comes around broccoli. It carried over into dinner as you can see. Prior to that she was tracing around cookie cutters, coloring and cutting out the shapes and taping them around the house to decorate.

The long days continue to be an issue. It is a common occurrence for her to get mad or frustrated about something and stomp off and go lay down...and fall asleep. It's nice to have the little break from the tantrum, and it's tempting to let her sleep, but too much of a nap and she can't get to sleep at night, further compounding the problem. On this day she snuggled up in a pile of warm towels fresh from the dryer, waiting to be folded. I can't blame her though...I've always wanted to do that too.