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Zachary is a STAR!



Zac was star of the week this week at preschool. I was invited to go and see his little presentation at preschool. His preschool is probably the coolest thing in the land, they are so good there. Anyway, it was field trip day, and his presentation started off their day. KayeLynn and I went and met Crystal, Brandon, Zac and Chelsea there. When the kids get there, they need to go to the bathroom and wash their hands first off before going into class (how smart is that??), then they all go sit in a circle on the floor. His teacher is Miss Terry and she stood at the class with a poster board of all of Zac's favorite things. His favorite number is five. His favorite planet is Neptune and that's because his favorite color is blue. She asked all the kids to name Zac's favorite things. So freaking cute - they go through the list of his favorites and call out the answers. THEN, my favorite thing of all, the kids then go one-by-one and give reasons why they like Zac. Here are some answers:

He is kind

He is nice

He plays with me

He plays gentle

He is courageous

He is creative

He has a good imagination

And my all time favorite: He plays pirate superheros with me

These are four and five year olds. How freaking cute is that!!! After that cutest of all time thing, his family gets to give why they like Zac. Zac gets to choose who is first. He chose his mom, then his dad, then me, then KayeLynn. It was pretty cute to watch the teacher when she had him introduce us. "This is Coco, this is BooBoo". Obviously, we don't have the most traditional titles in our family. Ted would probably be the most traditional with "Papa", then Crystal is "Kisso", then James Rodger is "Raja or Jaja".

I had the best day today with them. The part of being a mom I always loved was watching my kids grow and learn, to see what they became in their lives. Now, I get to do it as "Grandma Coco". It's crazy to think how big they are getting. Zac will be in kindergarten next fall and Chelsea will be taking his place at the Cooperative Preschool.

P.S. Look Crystal, I called him Zac!!
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