Award day for Sierra. . .

I'M SO PROUD OF HER!!!! Kris (daycare - yes we switched back to Kris Herd on 03 05 07) was closed this entire week because Zach is graduating. This week, I have been bringing Sierra home each day for the last hour until we get home. Anyway, today was her last day of school and it was awards day for the elementary.

First, let me back up a year. Last year she came home from Award day and she got the ACADEMIC ALL STAR award! This meant that she has demonstrated great leadership ability, was outstanding in her grades, etc. We went to the Mall of America for this last year and she even has a T-shirt to prove it. :0) There was a ceremony and it was awesome! She was hoping she would get it again this year, but I told her that I'm sure they want to give more kids the chance to go, so they would probably pick someone else. They gave one of her good friends the award this year, so she was still so excited! Pahnia Vue was the winner of this.

Anyway, I just returned from picking her up and she said, "Mom, it was so hard leaving Mrs Vos today." She said she gave her "like 5 HUGS!" throughout the day. She said she really is going to miss her. She even brought flowers today for Mrs Vos and she said she was thrilled! Mrs Vos is absolutely beautiful by the way. Sierra always told me what she had on and how she had her hair. lol. Anyway, she was chattering away about her day and what they did and was telling me how heavy her backpack was and we were about 1/2 way home and she said, "OMG! I WON 2 AWARDS, MOM!!!!!" I was thinking about how awards day went, but didn't want to bring it up to her. So, she said she won an award for her art and from Mrs Vos. She was the VINCENT VAN GOGH AWARD for her art!! She also received a Sibley East T-shirt! OMG!!! The award looks so professional and it's on a certificate for her wall and everything! We are soooo going to frame it! So, Mrs Feterl gave her the award and the Tshirt and the next award was from Mrs Vos for being A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL!!! (I'm all teary eyed as I type this!) I'm just sooooooo proud of my little girl!! I hugged her so tight at home she said her sides hurt! lol. I didn't want to leave to come back to work after all of that great news! I'M SO PROUD OF HER!! I think we'll frame Mrs Vos' award, too. I think we'll all go out for ice cream tonight to celebrate. WOW!!!!

Peace.