Bridger's Outstanding Student Award

So on Monday evening (April 22), I got a phone call from Bridger's teacher.  She said that there had been a misunderstanding and apologized for the late notice but she said that Bridger had been chosen as the kindergarten student of the year. The ceremony would be the next night and she wondered if we could make it.  As luck would have it, we didn't have anything standing in our way so we went to the ceremony.  I told Bridger that he needed to change into "nice clothes" so he wore his suit.  I didn't know if he needed to be that fancy but that's what he wanted to wear.  He looked so handsome!  At the last minute, we invited our parents down to the program.  We told them not to feel pressured.  I actually talked to Mom and Dad right after they got out of their temple shift.  They sounded exhausted and said they didn't think they would come.  But 15 minutes before the program started, Mom texted me and said they were coming.  They made it just seconds before Bridger got his award.  It was so wonderful to have our parents there.  It made Bridger feel really special.  Mrs. P told why Bridger won the award for all the kindergarten children.  She started off saying that Heaven would be a classroom full of Bridgers.  He listens and follows directions.  He doesn't wait to do something.  He just sees what needs to be done. He had good character. He steps up and is a friend to others.  Earlier in the school year, one of his classmates was bing made fun of.  Bridger spoke up and defended the kid and said to the mean kid "why are you being a bully?  That's just mean!"  I was so proud of him for standing up to the bully. He is such a sweet boy!  I'm so proud of the good choices he is making and for what a great friend he is!

They had all the children shake the education board's hands and then they awarded them a certificate and also gave them a special notebook.  Bridger is shaking principal Gibb's hand in the picture.  Bridger is so excited about his notebook!   He takes it everywhere with him.  To celebrate, Bridger wanted to eat at JCWs so that's where we went.  It was such a special night and we loved sharing it with our parents.

 Bridger wanted to celebrate by getting his own chocolate marshmallow milkshake.  That's true happiness!