Nate's 2nd Grade

This post is going to be a little catch-all for all the fun photos I have taken of Nate this year.

The neighborhood had a meet the santa at the school.  Nate expressed that he wanted to go, even though no one else did, so we went.  He had fun posing in the funny picture props.

 This is at the Christmas party.  Nate is a little funny about pictures.  Most of the time he doesn't like anyone to take his picture, the other half of the time he will stick his tongue out or look away.  It's so nice to see him with a genuine smile.

 Nate did really well this year and got Straight A's all year.  They reward the kids every 9 weeks with a popsicle if they get straight A's.

 This year I had a few opportunities to take Nate out just him and I for lunch.  I used to do it all the time when the other kids were in school, and once he started school there was never time for just him and me to get away.  I think it was hard on him that he never got that special one on one attention, and since we have been doing it again, we have really enjoyed it.

 We also went on a trip in February to Cedar City to look at houses.  We decided this time to take Nate with us. He got to go to the cabin and play in the snow for a little while, and he absolutely loved that.

 The second grade play this year was about Dogs. Every kid got to dress up like a different dog.  Nate was an Irish setter and had 3 lines that he delivered in an Irish accent.  It was cute!

For his birthday, they had a special throne and blow up hat that Nate could wear at lunch time.  He wanted nothing to do with it, but I did get him to put it on just for a picture.

His school has a special walk of fame, where if the kids do something extra special and a teacher notices them, they get a star ticket.  When they get 10 star tickets they get recognized with a special t-shirt and they get to march around the school in a special parade.  Nate was very excited that he got to do this.

Nate's teachers were Mrs. Nesbit and Mrs. Blackman.  He liked them, but come to find out he is a shy kid at school.  He got straight A's all year, perfect attendance, and the highest marks in citizenship all year.  The teacher asked the class to write things about each student and they made a special graphic with the words in it. The words that were written about him are: funny, smart, good at sports, excellent student, silly, good friend, and kind.

This is him at the end of his school year.  He did fantastic!  Now he's on to 3rd grade!