and the award goes to....... Gabe Fox!!!!!!!!!

we have some very exciting news. last week a letter arrived from picnic point elementary, gabe's school. now for those of you with students, you know a letter from school can be either delightful news or just the opposite. well, gabe has always been an awesome kid so, i tore right into that letter. the letter stated that our student would be receiving a very special award at the march 24th awards assembly and that we should make plans to be there. dad and i were beaming!! but the letter stated that the student shouldn't know about the award so that it could stay a surprise. so shawn and i wondered amongst ourselves what possibly could the award be? was it a math award, gabe loves math or maybe a spelling award, he has gotten 100% on each test since the tests started, oh we hate suspense! so shawn rearranged his monday schedule, and fortunately grady and i were free so in a few short days we would know! the funniest thing happened on friday evening, we were sitting at the dinner table discussing the easter weekend plans, shawn travel plans for the upcoming week, and just the following weeks schedule. well somehow it slipped out that on monday afternoon we would be busy at an awards assembly. gabe promptly said, "mom, you don't have to come to the assembly, i won't be getting any awards!" well little did he know! well yesterday was the big day. shawn, grady, and i all arrived early to get the primo seats. they went through all the academic awards, and nothing! we were stumped, most of the awards were only going to 3rd-5th graders. then they went through class awards, at least 1st grade was mentioned here. we were starting to get nervous, what kind of award was he getting??? or was there a mistake, maybe they sent out the wrong letter, i was kind of getting bummed! but then the principal said, "and the last awards, i feel are even more important than academic awards, they are the citizenship awards!!" oh this had to be it!! so i got the camera primed, and sure enough, the 1st grade citizenship award went to ---- Gabe Fox!!!! shawn and i were so proud!! our little guy was being explained as a friend to all, a helper whenever needed, always followed rules, on and on!! i can't even explain how happy i was that he was getting that award, and yes i did get teary eyed. you work so hard as a parent to instill good morals, life skills, and direction in your children and it seems like the world around you does everything to corrupt that, so yesterday we were given a little hope that not all was lost to our little boy!!!