Blane Harnden, Star Student

This week, Blane is the "Star Student" in his kindergarten class. He's been looking forward to this for some time. Each day he has to bring pictures of certain things: family, friends, favorite foods, activities, etc. So last night we sifted through our picture files and printed off family pictures, a total of five. Even Ellie made the cut.

I found some decorative edge craft scissors and made a fancy edge on all the pictures, then took a file folder, taped the sides together and folded the top down to make a rigid envelope for him to carry his pictures in each day. Since we just printed them on plain paper, it doesn't matter if they ever come back, but I wanted them to arrive in decent condition! I called him downstairs and showed him the finished pictures. "Mom," he exclaimed with wonder, "how did you make the scissors do that?" :)

He's already planning for the next few days. Of course, Audrey will be in his friend pictures, along with some preschool pics I have. Then, on favorite activity day, he wants to bring pictures of watching TV (we'll see about that...), cars, basketball, etc. The food labels he wanted to bring were pretty funny...Fruitable (a fruit and vegetable drink) and pancakes. "Mom, " he said, " maybe you can buy a gluten pancake mix that you and dad can eat, then we can take the box to school (to represent his pancakes)". I assured him that we can find a picture of pancakes online.

He's enjoying every day of his kindergarten year, from the caterpillars to the ABC's. It's a precious time!