"The Cough"


Chloe is missing school today cause she has "the cough" as she puts it. It sounds so ominous...she has a cold ( again) but she really is coughing a lot so I thought we might not cause a complete outbreak at school! So I have noooo idea what we are going to do today but I think I will get her to work on some of her reading & printing at home today. ( How did I become a mom of a first grader already!?! This almost seems surreal!) She is doing great at school already...she is sooo helpful & gets treats and rewards from the teacher all the time ( ahhh brings back memories !)
Last Friday Chloe got a SUPERKID award at school! Yayyy I am sooo glad because of the fiasco last year!
It was the night before the last day of school last year & Chloe says " I sure hope I get my superkid award tomorrow". We were told that every child gets one at some point oin the year & it donned on me that she never did get one! So I made a frantic call to the school & left a message on the answering machine basically pleading with them to give my kid an award so she isn't totally excluded & crushed...Well, they didn't, and I had the lovely task of reassuring her that they must have made some mistake...it was kind of a big deal to a 5 year old!
So she came to the car on Friday sooo elated that the principal came over the PA system & called Chloe Carnegie to the office to receive her SUPERKID award ! It may just be a box of smarties to us, but it's a huge deal to a kid & something that hopefully will erase the memory of being the only one to NOT get one last year. I am glad it's out of the way & I won't have to personally cause a scene in the office!!!