Zach & Sister Julita

 

In 5th grade at All Saints, you get to have a "Grand-pal". Each of the 5th graders gets to go and visit the retired nuns once a month at the convent by All Saints. Zach's Grand-pal is Sister Julita. He really loves her. He talks about her all of the time. When he found out when her birthday was, we HAD to put it on the calendar so we could bring her a present. Even though Zach was going to go to Grand-pals the very next day, he really wanted to go see Sister Julita on her actual birthday. So, on Wednesday, he made a card for her, and then before I picked the kids up from school on Thursday, I got some flowers for her. They had to be very colorful, per Zach's request. He was SO excited to take them to her. Here is Zach with Sister Julita:

 

She was surprised by the visit! She was excited to see Zach and loved the flowers and card. :0)

I am so proud of Zach. What a loving and caring thing to do. I love that he has such a big heart. :0) I am glad that I could witness this love between him and his Grand-pal. He has already asked if we can visit her through out the summer. :0) He is so thoughtful and I am proud that he is my son. :0)

Battle of the Books

Last week, Zach had his first Battle of the Books. Here is Sister Eloise and the rest of his team:

Of course, my son, is hiding behind another teammate.....

Here he is, getting ready for his round:

He did pretty good during his round, even though they lost. :0( He answered all the questions on the 5 books he read, and even tried guessing on some of the questions about other kids' books when no one was answering. They lost all three rounds, but this was the first time for all of them, and I know they will do better next time, now that they know what it's all about. Afterwards, he still said he had fun. That's a big improvement for Mr. Zachary, we is a tiny bit competitive. ;0)