Yes, Virginia, there really IS a PTA president gene...
C*, the daughter of one of the PTA leaders, is in my class. Last time I had lunch with Ben she came up to me and said, "My name is C*. My Mom is N*. This is her cell phone number. Please call her to set up a playdate with Ben. Can you write your name and cell phone number on a piece of paper for me?" WOW. All I can say is WOW. I don't think I have that much confidence and presence as an adult!
Today I went in to school because Ben lost his lunchbox. I looked in lost and found and the cafeteria and no luck. It wasn't in his class, either. I asked his teacher if she knew were it was and C* piped up, "I know were it is. I saw him leave it in the library yesterday after lunch." I asked Ms. M where the library was. C* grabbed my hand and said, "We have four minutes until the bell. I will take you." She raced me through the halls and sure, enough, Ben's lunchbox was in the library.
Wow. All I can say is WOW. That girl will be president of the PTA if not of the USA one day!
Ms. Alyssa's
Nikki LOVES it there. He is SO happy. I send him only 3 days this week and he was mad at me Thursday and Friday morning. He was crying this morning that he wanted to go to school. Even the prospect of going to Dekalb and getting to pick out a fish for dinner did not appease him... he wanted school.
Boyscouts and deadly, poisonous reptiles
We went to the cub scout roundup. The kids were lured in by the promise of a snake show that proved to be EVERYTHING they hoped for. They guy pulled out venemous reptile after venemous reptile, put them down on the floor, and let them squirm and hiss just feet from actual and potential scouts. Apparently this is how they weed out poor fits -- if the kids can't follow directions and stay behind the red line they will make poor scouts.
3 comments:
OMG! You are brave. You wouldn't catch me within a mile of that snake demo!
C will definitely be a TAKE CHARGE girl (if she isn't already).
Do you think maybe that C* is so confident because her mother, who has the strange name of N*, named her daughter C*, basically copying the idea that her parents had of calling their children a letter and an asterisk. I wonder how many generations ago that trend started. I'm thinking that anyone who would call their daughter a letter and an asterisk is no-nonsense and gets straight to the point - no long names for her to waste her time! So the daughter also matured quickly and gets to the point right away. Awesome!
By the way, how do they pronounce their names? I would opt for C-Star and not C-Asterisk.
Inquiring minds want to know!
Joe
It is pronounces "See-star". Clearly they must have has some astronomers in the family... that names dates back many generations. ;-)
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