Last week we received a notice that Connor would have his spotlight at school today.  Since his birthday is in the summer, the teacher wanted to make sure Connor would not get left out.  Connor was so excited about this.  He filled out the school paper to share his favorite things, and gathered his baby picture, family picture and one of his favorite books to bring to school.  He had been counting excitedly everyday until today.  He even worried about what I chose for him to wear during his spotlight.  I went to work very early this morning so that I could leave on time for this event.

    That afternoon I drove into school while the class was playing at the playground.  Connor was thrilled to see me and kept calling “mommy mommy” across the fence.  I walked in and followed the kids into the classroom, and they proceeded with the spotlight.  Connor proudly sat on the chair next to the teacher while the rest of the class sat on the rug.  The teacher talked about Connor’s favorite things, shared his pictures with the class, and they sang a song to Connor.  Then Connor picked five friends to carry each of the five pretend candles.  (By the way, Connor was prepared and had selected his friends last night while I brushed his teeth.)  Connor went up to the friends to pretend blowing at the candles, and the friends hugged Connor and said “Thank you for being my friend”.  It was cute.  Afterward the teacher read the book Connor brought, Frozen, to the class.  At the end, I took some group pictures, and Connor and I said goodbye to everyone.

    Now with this behind us, Connor began to prepare for Logan’s upcoming birthday.  He wrote a birthday wish on the easel for Logan and found a box to start collecting little things to give to him.