27 September 2010

I shouldn't be surprised

On Friday (Freitag according to David's onesie), the students of our elementary school attended their first assembly of the year. At each assembly, a handful of kids are selected to receive a "Star Award." The award represents excellent behavior.

I shouldn't be surprised that my Bailey received this award during her first month of school. She is definitely a "Star" in my eyes. Here she is with her principal:




At the assembly, we were surprised that Joey also won a prize. This one works a little differently. Every time a teacher sees a student demonstrating good behavior, he/she places that child's name into a bucket. At the assembly, they draw names from the bucket. Joey's name was drawn, and she selected a book, of course:




I brought the two boys along with me to the assembly. Happily, both were very well behaved:





After the assembly, we joined Dad for a community fest. It was a big event that included both Americans and Germans to celebrate our good relations in the area. There were tanks and other big military vehicles out for the kids to see and explore. There were jumping castles, pony rides, food, games, and much more.

The part that was most exciting to my kids was the face painting:


Joey really is happy. She was just worried that smiling would ruin her incredible face paint.

It was a good day!

7 comments:

Sheri Dickson Woodson said...

Good for your girls! And it was nice that you were able to be there.

Face painting of that quality is definitely something to be excited about.

The Kooky Queen--Rachel said...

Your girls are just downright GORGEOUS! What a fun day!

*Katie* said...

Oh, Tera, they are growing so fast! I miss you guys like mad :) That baby is absolutely beautiful -- your whole family is!!

Unknown said...

Okay, Joey's face paint is AWESOME! No wonder she didn't want to smile. :) Apparently your face paint artists there are more talented than than the high schoolers we hire here...

We're All Wright said...

I am so proud of your kids!!! All of them... even the good boys. I want my face painted too.

Laurence and Sidney said...

Way to go girls!! And good job for the boys as well. I love the face paint!!

janice said...

Wow! Look at how cool that face paint is! Too fun!