That's our Boy!

On Wednesday of this week I had a parent teacher conference with Lucas's first grade teacher. Lucas is a good smart kid and I did expect the conference to go well. Mrs. Perez started the meeting just that way, but there were surprises. She told me a lot of great things but I actually was surprised to hear that he is reading at a fourth grade level. She also told me that he is an assistant to her in the class and that he takes the responsibility seriously. She said that each time he finishes work early, he then starts to help teach his classmates that struggle to learn. She called him a leader, which is definitely one of the things we always encourage our kids to be. I was surprised and beaming with pride as I left this conference. Funny enough as we walked out we saw Lucas helping his classmates get ready to go into class. They were all sitting along the wall in am orderly way and Lucas was handing out their name tags.
We have these expectations for our kids and they continuously meet them and we we can't celebrate them enough. This time we decided it had to be special. Soooooo Kevin decided that Lucas had earned a day off from school to go with him to work. He got dressed up as he loves to do, packed some books and his iPod and headed out with his daddy. He was particularly excited to be able to go to a Toastmasters meeting at lunch. Toastmasters is a group that helps people develop comfort and eloquence in occasions where they have to speak to a crowd. Lucas must have been preparing his introduction for a while because he knocked their socks off. He stood up and said his name his age, how he earned the day off from school and with his daddy and that he loved soccer. He said he is a leader in his school which makes him just like his daddy except with plenty of gorgeous hair. What a ham!!! I wish I had been there or that we could have anticipated that so Kevin would have a video! Well, no video but just a cute photo!