Sammy Super Star

Well, Sammy was finally picked to be the Super Star in his preschool. He was the second to last to be picked, so he was soooooo happy when his named was pull out of the jar. I knew that Sammy was very excited about being the super star, there is not a kid in class who wouldn't jump at the chance to be super star, but I wasn't so sure how he would deal with all the attention, since sometimes Sammy can be very shy when in the spotlight.

I guess Sammy likes the spotlight because he was not shy at all. Sammy was just beaming as he carried out his first super star job of the day, ringing the bell for morning circle time. As Sammy sat at the head of the class with Teacher Laurie helping with circle time he would occasionally wave to me and with a big grin say, "Hi, Momma!"

Last night I gave Dan the super star questionnaire to fill out with Sammy. It asks things like what is your favorite color, book, t.v. show, what you like to eat and things you are good at. Now, what the parent writes down is not always what the kids says in class. A kid will often times change their favorite color from red to green or their favorite place to go from Chuckie Cheese to Sea World. Sometimes the kid just clams up and refuses to answer any of the questions. Surprisingly enough Sammy answered all the questions as Dan had originally written. He was so cute as he showed the class all the pictures he brought in. The only thing that Sammy needs to work on in his public speaking is keeping he fingers out of his nose. He was constantly sticking his fingers up his nose as he talked and at one point even had both nostrils plugged up. Since I was videoing the whole thing I couldn't pantomime to him to stop the nose picking. But at least I caught it on tape.

Sammy enjoyed the rest of the morning waving the flag, pumping out soap to the kids and receiving the special treatment and awe of his classmates. Sammy was practically beaming the whole day. Sammy the Super Star.