This is all in celebration of our Big C!
A few weeks ago, his teacher called me to inform me that Clayton had won a "Law Day" poster contest. The topic of this contest was "John Adams: from Boston to Guantanamo." Sounds a bit much for a Kindergartener to take on, but we sat at the computer and looked at possible things that Big C could draw to fit the topic. He was to draw a first draft at home and then take that drawing to school. At school, he would use his drawing to complete a poster to enter into this contest. Clayton's drawing was entered and chosen from Kindergarten students throughout the county/city and was given a 1st place honor! To be honest - we were shocked! Proud, but still shocked!
Once we heard the news, we were invited to a "Law Day" event to celebrate this honor. So today, Will picked up Clayton and me at school (remember he's with me for the next 6 days) and we headed downtown to the Old Courthouse. We arrived there to find many judges, attorneys, influential members of our community, and law day posters covering the walls.
We took a seat beside Mrs. Young (Clayton's kindergarten teacher) and found Clayton's spot in the front row with the other recipients. This was way formal - and we were way out of our league!
Through this event, lawyers spoke, gave awards to notable members of the bar, etc., but the sweetest moment was when......
Clayton's name was called and he stepped forward to show his work!..
He was absolutely adorable!
After the ceremony was over, we were able to celebrate at an up-scale local restaurant downtown on the square.
Lunch was complete with cheesecake drizzled in chocolate sauce - Clayton's favorite!
It was such a special day - I'm sure none of us will forget!
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