yesterday (friday), we had an awards ceremony at the school ... they do them every trimester. i knew alyssa was getting one for honor roll. but then i had gotten a few phone calls on thursday from the school about each of them getting additional awards.
turns out the principal has started a new award. the kids do this STAR testing starting in 3rd grade ... i believe it's just once a year (although don't quote me on that!). so the principal decided that he wanted to recognize the kids that were doing extremely well on their testing and in their school work. so he choose the top 4 students in language arts scores and the top 4 students in math scores ... from each grade (out of all 4 tracks). and they get awarded ... and he's taking them out to lunch anywhere they decide ... his treat. how cool is our principal!
and how proud was i! sarah got chosen for language arts for 3rd grade ... and alyssa got chosen for both language arts and math for 6th grade! such a proud mom to see both her girls standing up there and being recognized! and i know what you're thinking ... alyssa gets 2 lunches, right? lol! i'm sure they'll go in groups by their grades ... so i had hoped to see another girl up there for 6th grade. looks like she's going with a group of boys. lol! most of the 3rd graders chosen were from sarah's class ... so she has some friends that made it. and nikolas's brother ... he got picked for both language arts and math too! should be fun to see where they all pick to eat!
and a few extra photos of sarah. yesterday we got this target toy catalog in the mail ... and she studied that thing all night. she kept trying to make me deals ... she knew she could bribe me for a toy if she agreed to take some photos. what the heck ... she has me figured out?!?! lol! she wanted some designer CD game that cost $30 ... but she also found the coupon on the back for $5 off. so she figured if she let me take 150 photos ... that it would be an even trade. she kept telling me "just think about it". that's even how she woke me up this morning (which by the way, was on the couch were apparently i had fallen asleep and stayed there all night). i was barely even alert ... and i hear this "did you think about it?". i think she was trying to send my subliminal messages. lol!
it seemed to work ... because she got her toy! she still owes me more pics though ... i only took a few today since she wasn't really feeling that well. but for not feeling great ... isn't she cute? although she could use a little chapstick. lol! but check out her one dimple ... on her left cheek ... just like her mom! alyssa got my freckles ... and sarah got my dimple.
Well, all I can say is : congratulations to your daughters! Hoping that my children will be so competent at school.
Have a great day
Karine from france
Posted by: karine | March 09, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Wow... Congratulations! It would be great to even have one of your daughters honored, but to have two is fantastic!
Posted by: heidi | March 09, 2008 at 05:30 AM
Congrats to your girls. What a great incentive that the principal is doing for them! The pictures are beautiful.
Posted by: Carla | March 09, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Congrats to the girls and yes you are correct they only take the STAR test once a year. I am very proud of both of them. And isn't it funny what a little bribery can do? LOL
Posted by: Deneen | March 09, 2008 at 12:41 PM
That is quite an accomplishment! And that principal is AWESOME for recognizing the kids like that- not all of the kids take the tests seriously, so what a great incentive! The pictures are great also! I finally got the Embellish magazine, and I'm not even finished looking through it, and I saw two of your layouts in there! Congratulations to you too!
Posted by: Marissa | March 09, 2008 at 04:41 PM
WOW ~ congrats to your girls (and to you) - that is such a great accomplishment!!! Definately nice of the principal to add the little extra in there as well - cool! You'll have to let us know where they choose to dine!
Great pics of the girls too - SO photogenic :)
Posted by: Leslie | March 09, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Way to go Sarah and Alyssa! This is awesome! keep up the GREAT effort!!!
Posted by: Lisa D | March 09, 2008 at 05:16 PM
What a great accomplishment for both of your girls. I does a mothers heart good to see their children succeed. Congrats to you also!!
Posted by: Chris | March 09, 2008 at 08:30 PM
Girls are soooo bright lol!!! Congrats!! Lovely photos.
Posted by: Annette Scholtz | March 09, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations to your girls!!! Great pictures!
Posted by: Laura T. | March 10, 2008 at 05:46 AM
Yay!!! Huge congrats to ALL of you!!
Posted by: Sasha Farina | March 10, 2008 at 06:41 AM
Congrats to the girls!! That's wonderful!! They should be as proud of themselves as their parents are!! The pics are gorgeous as always--love the 1st one especially! GREAT story about Sarah & the catalog!! She knows how to work things to her advantage--smart smart girl!! I can see a LO about that story....
Posted by: Sara | March 10, 2008 at 06:42 AM
Fabulous ... congrats to Alyssa and Sarah, they did so well and you enjoy your proud Mummy moments too. :)
Posted by: Katy | March 11, 2008 at 02:35 PM
woo-hoo! Congrats to your girlies...and to YOU for raising such smart little ones! :o)
Posted by: wendy sue | March 11, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Awesome, congrats to your girls!! That's great to hear. It's nice that they get recognized on such a personal level. Sarah is looking so grown up in those pictures! She really knows how to work her mom's soft spot, doesn't she? LOL
Posted by: Erika Follansbee | March 12, 2008 at 06:42 AM
That is great! Way to go girls! They are so beautiful by the way...........
Posted by: Brenda | March 13, 2008 at 11:20 AM