Reflections (11/5)

I was on the Reflections committee again this year.

It is such a great program, and it's fun to see all the

creativity of kids! Just a little background on the

program. It's a national PTA creativity contest. The

kids are given a theme each year and can submit

projects in a few different categories (dance, 3-D art,

Visual art, photography, and a few others) They are

required to do all the work themselves. They are

judged school wide first in age categories ( K-2, 3-5, etc.)

If they win 1st place in their age group they move on to

city level, then state, then national.

This year, the due date fell on the first day back to school

after fall break. We didn't expect many entries, but there

were still a surprising number of kids that turned things

in. Evey had really hoped to do a dance this year, but

again procrastinated and I wouldn't let her turn in a dance

with out set choreography. What a mean mommy! Well,

we ended up procrastinating projects until the night before

the due date, and not wanting to miss the opportunity the

girls sat down on Sunday night and threw together a little

project. The theme was "Beauty is..." Evey made a little

rose out of clay and Paris made a flower out of tissue paper

glued to a piece of card stock. I knew the girls projects

would be looked over by the judges but didn't want to

discourage them, so they submitted them. Paris was so

proud of hers she didn't want to give it up to be judged,

but in the end she decided it was okay.

Now, even though I was on the committee, the judges that

were picked had no connections at all with kids from

Lakeview so there was no bias. And, since I was on the

committee, I knew as soon as judging was over that Evey

had gotten an Honorable mention (3rd place) ribbon, and

Paris a first place trophy, which meant she would be moving

on to city level. I was shocked! It was hard to contain my

excitement and keep it a secret from the girls.

They were pretty excited on the day of the assembly when

their names were called to accept an award. Evey was surprised

too that she had won something.

This is the first year that she didn't win a first place trophy

and move to city level, but she knew she hadn't put in the

effort for that.

Paris didn't quite understand at first except that she loved

her trophy. We're so proud of their creativity and desire to

be involved.

Congrats Girls!