David called me on my way home today and said McKenna came bouncing off the bus with 2 letters in her hand - the school had sent them home. At first, I must admit, I thought she had done something wrong. Boy was I WAY off base (thank goodness)!
The letters were from her art teacher. The first one informed us that her art work had been submitted to the VFW Americanism contest and she had won either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or honorable mention out of all the entires submitted for the ENTIRE state of Maryland. Not just our school, or our county, but the entire state. I was amazed! And she is sooooo incredibly proud - it's just so cute.
So this Saturday the VFW is hosting a reception to announce what place each person won and honor them at an award's ceremony for the Americanism contest. Sounds great right?! Well yes....except....we have tickets and a hotel room at Great Wolf Lodge. What to do?! Well we gave her the option and as of now, David & McKenna will be staying home to attend her ceremony (which he will videotape for me to see later) and I will be taking Alyssa & Brennan to the indoor water park with my mom and the rest of the folks scheduled to go with us.
I'm disappointed that I can't attend the ceremony, but at the same time, I can't make Alyssa & Brennan miss out on a weekend they're very excited about. And needless to say, David & I are so very proud of McKenna's accomplishments! The good news is I will get to see the video of it AND she's being honored at another reception on April 24th for the piece that was selected to be on display at the Board of Ed...so I'll at least get to see that!
WAY TO GO MCKENNA...we're so proud of you!
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4 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS MCKENNA!! Aunt Jenn and Uncle Nick are so proud of you!
This is OUTSTANDING!!!! I want to see the art.
And Love the post on Brennan, look at those baby pics!!!!
You'll definitely have to post a picture of winning art work -- would love to see it. Way to go McKenna!
That's great! She certainly has a lot to be proud of. You need to take a picture of the art and post it.
I love the pictures of Brennan growing up. How adorable! It's so sad how fast time goes by. You want them to grow and learn but at the same time you don't.
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