Tanner - Star of the Week

It was Tanner's turn to be "Star of the Week" in his 1st grade class. Technically  if was his second turn, we totally forgot the first time. After being sternly admonished by his teacher, we put this time on our calendar to make sure we didn't miss again (it would suck to be the only parents left back in 1st grade). 

He completed a poster all about himself with pictures of his family, BOTH Jackson and Milo, a headline from the SF Giant's World Series win, a cutout of a pizza box and some captions that were supposed to describe him. We were allowed to come into the classroom and  watch and participate in the presentation. We listened to Tanner explain his poster and everything on it. Then we were supposed to tell stories about Tanner. If you have read this blog for awhile, you know that there are several to choose from. Tanner was hesitant at first, not wanting us to tell any stories that might embarrass him, but he relented eventually. I told some stories about coaching Tanner and how good an athlete he is. Marisa told the cinnamon roll story. 

After stories, the kids got to ask questions. Since Tanner explained a lot about himself, the questions were a little forced. "What's your THIRD favorite food?" "Why is the background of that picture white?" and so on. Once the questions were mercifully over, Tanner got to climb up on the table while his class all sang Happy Birthday.

We didn't completely knock it out of the park as parents though.....several of the kids came up to us and asked up what treats we brought to eat (multiple times!). Of course we had no idea we were supposed to bring treats and ended up disappointing an entire class of 1st graders. There's just no way we're going to pass 1st grade.......