Star of the week.

Lucas was star of the week. A complete week just for him to....to celebrate him. Secretly I was dreading it but he had been waiting since September for his week and it finally had arrived. I mean I wanted him to have it but it was so much to prepare. For Monday, I had to prepare a poster of his life with baby pictures, his favorite things and what he wants to be when he grows up. I stayed up all night the weekend before doing this poster. I wanted it to be perfect. Yes I have had since September to prepare so I shouldn't complain but of course with kids there is no time. I made the poster finally and Lucas loved it when I showed it to him (Fab didn't help, he had done the preschool poster for star of the week so he thought it was my turn.....he thought......you have to learn to pick your battles but thats another blog). Then on Tuesday he had to bring in his favorite book for the class to read. Wednesday I had to write either a letter or a short story where he was the main character (this I had to do....I am more creative in this than the Fabster......although he had some criticism but no suggestions.....you have to ..you know the drill). I spent two days really focusing on what I should write and what I should said.

It read as follows.

Do you know a superheroe ? I will tell you about our superheroe.

On 2/17/07, a superhero was born. His name is Lucas Barone. Although no one knew at the time, he had hidden powers and was going to change the world. From the moment he was born he was special to his Mommy and Daddy and soon everyone saw how magical he was, and of course how handsome he became. One of Lucas powers was his big bright sunshine smile. Greatest smile in the world. You see, Lucas smile could brighten up any room. His smile is like the sun, his rays go everywhere and everyone around him could feel the warmth and his smile makes you smile. In fact, I bet he is smiling right now and everyone in the room is warm .....and ...smiling. Do you see his magical power?

Another power Lucas has is he could run super super fast like..... Superman. You should see him playing soccer, no one can keep up with him. I bet eating all of those yummy oranges helped him run so fast or maybe he is just that fast because of his powers. Once Lucas helped his little brother Noah from a stranger. Mommy took Lucas and Noah to the mall and Noah let go of mommys hand and began talking to a stranger and Lucas quickly ran after Noah and grabbed his hand and told him not to talk to strangers and to always stay close to mommy and daddy. Lucas used his super power of running fast to help his brother.

Lucas is also super strong. He never cries when he hurts himself in the soccer field. He just gets up and doesn't quit, he keeps trying. Lucas also helps his mommy. His mommy sometimes is very sick and weak. Lucas helps his mommy by lending a hand when she can't walk. He is so strong and sometimes he holds his mommy so she won't fall. He is super strong.

Lastly, Lucas is super smart. In fact, so smart he is going to become a scientist. As a scientist he is going to make superheroes like him so there wont be any more bad people. He says that bad people will get one warning and they have to make good choices. The bad people will make the good choice to be good and everyone will be safe because of the superheroes.

Do you see how powerful this superhero is? Lucas has said that he will change the world. You know what boys and girls, I bet he is, because he is doing it right now. So next time, someone tells you that superheroes don't exist, tell them they are wrong because you know......... Lucas.
The End

This is what the teacher read to the class I also included the class names of the students in each part of the "powers" saying how each of them had the same power. One little girl said "wow lucas you do have powers you are making me smile right now". Love the innocence. Thursday was show and tell and he brought in a toy he loves (Fab helped with this....it was a hard job I bet). On Friday, it was a surprise reader which was me (Fabio had to work and it was my day off....how convenient for him) and I had to bring in snacks for all the kids. Some of them said "Mrs. Barone you only brought one snack". I was told one snack and I stuck to the rules...greedy kids.

The boys were asking some many questions...the girls were commenting on my appearance "you are very pretty Mrs Barone" "I like your top Mrs. Barone" "You are the sweetest prettiest mom". Hmm... whenever I need a pick me up I will make sure to come read a book. At the end of reading two books, all the kids were staring at me as if "what else you got". Thank God, it was lunch time.

So this star of week never existed when I was little I would have loved it. Even though I complain of the work, it was lovely to see Lucas so happy that his time had finally come. Check out the pictures below.