Out on the Town
Today Kiddo was honored as a Star Student of the Month. I left work early to go watch him receive an award packet and afterwards we got to treat ourselves to ice cream. It was so awesome.
I had planned to take him out to dinner to celebrate anyway - but I had no idea they gave out so many prizes along with the achievement. I thought it would be a certificate and a bumper sticker. But instead, we got a certificate, a congressional award signed by our local House Rep, and a bunch of gift certificates to local restaurants. So now I can take him out on the town - and not that it mattered but his meal is free, too! We’re totally getting dessert.
All this after attending a parent/teacher conference two months ago where the teacher was a little less than exuberant about his performance in class. Her chief complaint was that he does EXACTLY what is expected of him - no more and no less - regardless of how capable or proficient he is with the work.
I wasn’t exactly sure how I should respond to that.
When I shared the news with his dad about the award, I mentioned the conference and then remarked on what a change it was to hear Kiddo was now being honored for outstanding student achievement for the month of January. Such a total turnaround in only two months - and he was out of school for three weeks during that time.
We agreed it must mean that OBVIOUSLY we totally Rock as parents.
