One Awesome Astronaut

 

I got a note home from school last week that said Matthew was going to get an award at school.  I went to his school for the award ceremony (and forgot my camera!) and found out only three kids in his class were getting awards.  One boy got an award for best effort, one girl got one for citizenship and Matthew got the "Awesome Astronaut" award (their school mascot is an astronaut).  The teacher gets to pick what that one is for and Matthew got it for being an "enthusiastic participant in learning."  When I took Matthew to his back to school night earlier in the year I got to see first hand what an enthusiastic participant in learning is. 

At the back to school night, the Spanish teacher asked for a volunteer to try and construct a sentence in Spanish.  Silence...then Matthew's hand went up and he went up and tried it.  He didn't do everything perfectly, but he tried, he did it VERY enthusiastically, made it look fun, and it broke the ice for some of the other kids to come try too.   And that's how I've seen him act in all his classes.  Sometimes I feel embarrassed with how much he talks to people since I am not nearly that outgoing, but I was very proud of him for being so confident and I love his spirited attitude towards things, particularly learning.  He definitely has enthusiasm in spades.

Here he is with his award.

He also got a medal, which he was very proud of

 

Here he is looking at his award with Grandma Guptill

He was proud of his award and taped it up on his wall along with his medal.

Congratulations Matthew.  We love you...and you ARE AWESOME!!