Lily's Balloon

Lily was so super excited that she didn't miss a single day of school in the 1st 100 days, which means she got to let off a balloon at this mornings flag ceremony.{Sad story- last year she was so excited to let off a balloon that we brought all our children to the morning flag ceremony to watch her... then found out you only got to let off a balloon if you didn't miss school for the first 100 days, ha ha, we were newbies and didn't realize that. We still enjoyed the balloon show though} 

But THIS year, she earned her balloon. 

So Bruce, me, and the Sophe-ster all went with Logan and Lily to the special flag ceremony. 

They called the perfect attendance names one at a time, and they came up and got their balloons.  *Only 3 kids in Lily's class got a balloon*  It is actually a really cute tradition, and really pretty to watch all those balloons floating up to the sky.

PS- Logan is not in any of these pictures because as soon as we got to school, he took off with his buddies.

Total Different Subject: Tonight when I was putting Sophie in bed, I told her she couldn't lock her door in the middle of the night, like she has been doing every night. Then she told me "but the lions will get in" (like she tells me every night). At some point in the middle of the night all week she's been getting scared lions will get in, then gets up and locks her door. So I told her, "Lions live in the jungle, really far away, they can't get you".  Then Lily told her they live in the zoo too.  Sophie immediately said, "I want to go to the different zoo with NO lions, and only bunnies and butterflies and frogs..." then after thinking a minute, "and no crocodiles".

So tender to me that her perfect little mind is so precious and pure and innocent, that the only thing she can think to be scared of is lions and crocodiles. ♥♥