Aubrye's Assembly

Friday, Aubrye's class was in charge of the school assembly. They have been studying health and nutrition, and did a skit about a restaurant. A few weeks ago, her teacher held try-outs for the parts. Aubrye tried for the main girl part, but someone else got it. So, she put up her hand for each of the smaller parts, and was given the part of the fat lady. The skit was definitely not "politically correct" in any way. But, it tried to give the message that healthy food is fun and cool and yummy; it didn't really focus on fat or skinny. SO, please don't be offended.
It was the perfect part for Aubs. Of course she's one of the smallest in her class, so there was the irony in that. And, she looked more strong, or square, than fat. But, the best thing was that she got to show a goofy side to herself. I sometimes see glimpses of her tween-age self consiousness peeking out. You know when you're so worried about looking right or acting a certain way. But, this just let her be silly. I love her personality and her sense of humor. We had fun figuring out her costume. The boys even got into it! ("You mean you want me to punch you? Cool.")

Here's Zach at the end of assembly. He received a Merit card this week for passing off all of his word boxes! Well done, Zach. (I should explain, word boxes are take-home sight words that get progressively more challenging...) His reading is improving by leaps and bounds.

He has been keeping track of each of the kids who have already passed off word boxes, and couldn't wait to be a part of that group. They have their name posted on a special board in the classroom. Now, it says "Zach Hall" at the bottom. And, now, the "readers" in the class insist that his name is ZaCH (rhymes with matCH).

...such is life...