Student of the Month

So yesterday when I picked Sydney up from school, she informed me that next week they are having a special reading day at school. She needs an adult to come read to her class for about 20 minutes. She chose Grandma Forest Park, and then proceeded to tell me how excited she was for reading day. She mentioned nothing else about school.

We went and picked up Donnie and then went to the natural history museum. We watched an I-Max movie, looked at all of the exhibits, and then, at closing time, we headed back to the car. So it had been a good 3 1/2 hours with Sydney...

As we were leaving the parking lot she said (VERY grumpily), "I had to go to a party today during rest time." Donnie and I exchanged confused looks and he asked, "What kind of party did you go to?"

She picked up her bookbag and pulled out a certificate and a bumper sticker. Sydney went to the cafeteria to have ice cream with her teacher and principal because she was chosen as student of the month!

She didn't really understand until Donnie told her how special it is to be a student of the month, and how proud of her we are. He totally talked it up, and we took her out for frozen yogurt. Once she understood it was a good thing, she was really happy.

That's when the problems came... she now expects us to put the bumper sticker on our car, and doesn't understand why we said we could find a "better place" for her award.