1. Child #4 answers "Yes, sir!" to every name that is called for the first three names
2. Child #3 runs to the front of the room when another child of the same name is called and stands there confused until five or six people tell him to sit back down.
3. When belts are handed out to my children, they dash back to their places instead of waiting with the rest of the kids and have to be called back to bow.
4. When the kids turn and bow, Child #4 keeps his back to the class because he is lost in his own mind and has to be physically turned around by one of the teachers.
5. When trophies are handed out (remember how Child #4 felt about his trophy?), the children are told to face their parents and bow. This confuses my children, because their father is the one handing them their trophies from behind the table and they can't see me, so they just kind of do what their class is doing.
6. Child #4 is heading back to his spot with his trophy. He finally spots me, stops in his tracks and says, "Hi Mom! Look, its my trophy! See?" and then he just stands there while everyone snickers at him (because he is cute, not stupid. Remember, he isn't their child). He inches slowly to his spot, as if sleep walking, because the trophy is holding his attention...
7. Both of my children have been sitting for a long time and starting wiggling. Child #4 is sitting sideways. Child #3 starts wrapping his new belt around his trophy. Then he unwraps it. Then he swings his belt around his head like a lasso, hitting the kid sitting behind him. He looks at me, sees the look of death, and freezes from my icy stare.
8. After the ceremony, Child #4 pokes himself in the eye with his trophy. And cries. And here are the pictures...
Here are the boys with their two favorite teachers...
