Hello, this is the principal calling

Last Friday evening I went out.  I plugged my phone in to charge and I saw that I had a missed call from the kids school.  I quickly checked my messages and I was surprised what I heard on the other line.  The message was from the school principal asking me to please call her back.

Oh boy.  In the 6 years I have had children at this school I have never gotten a call from the principal.  And now it was the weekend so there would be no way to contact her until Monday.  My stomach sank and I immediately started questioning my kids to find out if anything bad had happened.
 
They all claimed they had no idea why she would be calling but you could tell they were all a little freaked out too.  I have good kids who do well at school and have never had any problems so I don't know why I assumed it was something terrible, but I had to wait the weekend to find out what was up.

First thing Monday morning my phone was ringing again and I saw that it was the school calling again.  I took a deep breath and picked up the phone.  Much to my surprise it was the principal informing me that Abby was going to be awarded The Principal's award the last day of school and she wanted us to attend!  Wahoooo...no one was in trouble!  I was so excited for Abby and feeling really bad about the level of questioning I had given my kids the last few days.

We kept it a surprise and said nothing to her about it.  Abby was nominated by her wonderful teacher and was chosen by the principal out of 115 fifth graders! 

(Abby with her teacher Mr. Zimmer)

After the awards ceremony they headed back to class where her teacher gave each child in class an award for something special just about them.  Abby was awarded "The Most Inquisitive".

As Abby's mom I know what a great kid she is but it was a proud momma moment to see that other people see in her what I do.  My heart was beating fast for her as I heard the kind things her principal and teacher had written about her.  Way to go Abby!