Luke: Student of the Year

One of my rights as a mom is that I can brag about my kids. I don't think it's prideful to be a proud parent (if you do .... you might want to stop reading now). My mom was always overly vocal about how wonderful her kids were and as embarrassing as it was growing up I know it helped me get through a lot of my awkward years with lots of self confidence. So I'm not going to hide how proud I am of my sweet Lukey.

Last week Luke's teacher called and told us he was receiving one of the "student of the year" awards. All year he has LOVED kindergarten. His start of the year test results were 187/210 and his end of year were 210/210 (the paper said the average for our school is 187 at the end of the year). But the thing that makes Luke a great student isn't just that he's a little smarty pants he is also eager to learn, willing to help, happy, funny and a good friend. His teacher told me if they need something picked up he was always the first to volunteer to do it even if he wasn't the one who got it out. Anytime I went to school functions with him kids were going out of their way to say hi to him and he would give me his sweet little smile back (like I don't know why they like me). One morning last week before school he and Tayson were being silly and I said "Luke you need to calm down before school" and he replied back "I don't act like this at school". I love that Luke loves to read. I will catch him picking up a book just to read and not for the mandatory 20 minutes a day. I love reading and it's something I hope to pass along to at least 1 of my kiddos.

We told Luke we were going to the assembly at school with Tayson and that since he went there he should come too. He didn't catch on to any funny stuff even when I made him put on a "church shirt" and I even made him fix his hair. When they called his name he didn't know what was going on and the look on his face was priceless. I wish I had a picture of it. I am so proud of Luke. We didn't tell Tayson about Luke and he was way excited when they called Luke's name. He even gave him a high-five. I hope he is always happy for Luke. Especially since school isn't something Tayson has a lot of love for.

Luke was the first name called. Here is his principle giving him his certificate.

2 kids from each grade

Luke w/his certificate

Luke and his teacher Mrs. H

This morning when I asked him if he was excited to be a first grader now he said "yes, and I will still be able to see my teacher" and then he listed all the places he would still see her at school. So cute. He said they will be friends forever.