You may have heard....
We Are Gettin' a New President Y'all!
My kids can tell you a little bit about how a leader should act, because they learned all about it today! I was so proud of this fellow who not only knew the current President's full name but also that Clinton and Trump have something in common- they are both grandparents!!! (good one)
But first.......
I've got BIG news.
This news is so BIG, that even after the new President will be announced I will still be
BIG Happy.
Are you ready?
Connor made the Honor Roll!!
Whooop! Whoop! Celebration milkshakes (before Dinner)!
Happy makes me lose my mind.
You may be thinking- quit bragging brag brag brag.....
but we have never made the Honor Roll.
A person once told me to never expect Connor to make the honor roll (which I ignored but still it was out there).
AND I get the joy of showing you our very first graded report card.
(that D was pretty generous)
So you see, grades aside it is so wonderful to see our Connor continue to soar.
(PS. an A in reading! Imagine an A in reading! )
Carlee is as proud of her brother as I am.
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| milkshake mustache |
Ok, I'm back on subject now.
Today I was happy to expose my class to some positives about both candidates.
Sadly,
small children are very exposed to those nasty commercials. While they could not name the candidates they could tell me about the commercials.
We learned a bit about rules and regulations.
Of course we had to read my favorite.....
We all agreed I would make a great President.
(could you imagine? You think Donald Trump says crazy things?)
Campaign Signs:
Today was a great day for voting. We decided to stick with a subject we know and love: Ice Cream.
Can you really trust Vanilla? Is Vanilla really "All Natural"?
Does Strawberry support nut allergies?
The students created their own campaign signs.
They looked VERY tasty.
Ballots
I guess the empty bowl is the Independent?
ha. ha.
I'm just kidding.
Once I checked that each child was registered to vote, they all picked their "best" flavor.
Registering
Time to VOTE.
Your Vote COUNTS.
The Results
Mrs. E. called out the ballots.
One child was a bit mad during the vote and decided to pick the empty bowl. (That child would have voted for strawberry.)
I explained to the class how one vote could change things.
BUT WAIT......
The Re-Count
A Non-English speaking student stood up in quite the frenzy! We didn't know why he was so keyed up.
To make us understand, he actually acted out me on the computer not paying attention.
no.
seriously.
the child acted out me not paying attention.
He kept pointing to chocolate.
We did a recount and HE WAS RIGHT.
I MISSED A CHOCOLATE VOTE.
Chocolate did win by a landslide.
Wow.
Kids really amaze me.
Your VOTE matters but more than that your daily choices matter.
Impact someone in a positive way TODAY!
