He's Creative

I feel like I haven't blogged forever and want to catch up on a couple things. Things are going good with my new job. I am working with 78 kiddos right now and although I am tired and feel defeated some days, there are some kids making so much progress that it is worth it.

Today we had both of the kids conferences and they are doing great. Polar opposites though. I have Colton who is my straight A student and not happy because they aren't all 100% and then there is Dawson who probably would be fine with staying in 1st grade if it meant not having to put in any more effort. Both boys are playing basketball right now and Colton's team is so exciting to watch this year! They started keeping score and allowing fouls and stealing. It's a whole different game.

Now to the story. So, today I am walking down the hall to get Dawson from class and he is showing me the bracelet he made. He actually took a piece of paper and cut a thin strip off, tied a knot in it and made a bracelet. He was proud of it, but he was extra proud of the buttons he had threaded on to it. I was actually impressed that he threaded buttons on to paper without it ripping. So as he is proudly walking down the hall wearing his button bracelet, I asked him where he got the buttons. Without skipping a beat he holds the side of his shirt up and goes, "from here." Yep, that is right. My son cut all the buttons off his shirt to make his beloved button bracelet. I don't know if this is more creative than gluing the book shut in kidergarten so he didn't have to read it or not. Either way, I am such a proud mom!