Macy was selected as Auburn City Schools' winner for K-2nd grade in the Superintendent's Art Show! It was such a huge honor for her being in 1st grade and being selected over 1500+ kids! We have known since she was 2 1/2 or so that she would be artistic like her mommy, but this was such a proud moment for her.
We went last night to Auburn's Board of Education meeting where she was recognized and given a certificate for winning. They wanted to keep her artwork in the Board of Education building and pay her for it, but we decided mom & dad would pay her instead, and we took the art home for Macy to enjoy!
The only bummer of the night was that Mommy got stopped by a really nice man wearing a badge and his car had blue lights flashing all over it! Yes, I got a speeding ticket on my way there!
Well, what can I say, you know how it is when you're late, you're driving down the road answering the cell because your husband is calling to tell you sorry, he's running late, too and won't be there to help -- you're reading the letter the school system sent to figure out directions while you're deleting pictures off your digital camera to make room for more pictures of the big award ceremony... you turn the corner and the video camera falls from your lap to the floor board, while your 2 year old is screaming "paci momma" and your girls are telling you they want you to play #6 again on the CD that's blaring in the background -- sometimes you just forget how fast you're going -- right?
I calmly and I think, very respectfully, tried to explain that to the nice man with the badge, but I just don't think he was old enough to have children or to really even care how stressful it is to be a mommy these days! Oh well, chalk it up to an important lesson for my kids - Always obey the rules or there will be consequences!
We went last night to Auburn's Board of Education meeting where she was recognized and given a certificate for winning. They wanted to keep her artwork in the Board of Education building and pay her for it, but we decided mom & dad would pay her instead, and we took the art home for Macy to enjoy!
The only bummer of the night was that Mommy got stopped by a really nice man wearing a badge and his car had blue lights flashing all over it! Yes, I got a speeding ticket on my way there!
Well, what can I say, you know how it is when you're late, you're driving down the road answering the cell because your husband is calling to tell you sorry, he's running late, too and won't be there to help -- you're reading the letter the school system sent to figure out directions while you're deleting pictures off your digital camera to make room for more pictures of the big award ceremony... you turn the corner and the video camera falls from your lap to the floor board, while your 2 year old is screaming "paci momma" and your girls are telling you they want you to play #6 again on the CD that's blaring in the background -- sometimes you just forget how fast you're going -- right?
I calmly and I think, very respectfully, tried to explain that to the nice man with the badge, but I just don't think he was old enough to have children or to really even care how stressful it is to be a mommy these days! Oh well, chalk it up to an important lesson for my kids - Always obey the rules or there will be consequences!
