And the Winner Is. . . .

Ben


The school called this afternoon right about the time Ben was getting out of school. In my mind I thought "Oh no." To me, a phone call from the school is never a good thing. Today, however, they called to tell me that Ben won the bike in the "Road to Success" reading program. "I couldn't believe my ears" was what Ben told me about hearing his name called as the winner of the bike. He was very surprised and excited. There were 4 bikes given away in the entire school and Ben got one. I was really excited for him. He probably read hundreds of hours this year to get that bike. . . so he deserves it! Not to mention the fact that he endured the 1st grade twice. Man am I glad this year is over. Congratulations to Ben. I love you buddy! (Funny side note. When I went to the office to pick up the bike one of the PTA women in charge was there. She told me that Ben also won a baby pool but when he went up to get it he told them he didn't want a baby pool. They couldn't even convince him to take it for a baby sister. I think the lady thought he was a little ungrateful. . . and maybe that's it. But, I think he just says what he thinks. He hasn't learned about the beauty of lying. Oh well. My child is not all politeness.)