Fun friday is back at school and this week all the kids (plus two dads) went stand up paddling down a river in Manzanillo. Lil Pookie was so excited to see her teacher and go on the big board! She woke up at 7:05 am and we were all out the door by 7:20am.
She made a special card that she couldnt wait to give Ashley which said “I love Ashley’s school”. She did this all on her own and just asked me to tell her how to spell it all. When she ran up to give it to Ashley, a 12yr old boy named Grayden was standing next to her and so sweetly exclaimed “Wow Sophie, this is awesome. Give me a high five. You did this all by yourself? Great Job!”. Ugh i melted into a big fat puddle in an instant. What an adorable, encouraging, sweet kid. I just love all the positivity this school surrounds her with. Ashley told me later in the day that during art class Grayden switched seats so that he could sit next to Sophie, and his younger brother Dillion commented on how sweet Sophie was because she told him that his painting of a tiger was awesome. She said Sophie slid right into the class “like a stick of butter” and they all adore her. She has one little girl she needs to win over b/c she is jealous of the attention that Sophie is getting (she was previously the youngest in the class and got all the cute attention). I saw glimpses of the jealousy during stand up paddle, and Ashley and I laughed b/c Sophie was not paying any mind to it and just kept trying to get the girl to play with her. She will win her over in no time.
It was another magnificent day at school and Pooks is absolutely loving it all! I hung out with sweet Sabs while they all paddled down the river and we had a blast jumping off logs, splashing in the ocean, searching for crabs, and enjoying some mommy and me time. Oooh i love these little runts! When they all got back from paddling, Sabs took a ride on the board with Dada and loved it too! Guess we have a new past time we may need to explore :).
PS (Ashley was the only one to fall off the board. She was telling me for days how her boyfriend showed her videos of ppl SUP in a river and there were crocodiles and gross river creatures. She was majorly creeped out but determined to try. She was the only one to plunk into the river. She went fully under. Will said she popped out so fast it looked like there was a dynamite under her butt. I didn’t get to see it b/c they were already down into the jungle, but the replay i have created in my mind has me laughing each time. She is so the type that would have that happen to her. I bet her boyfriend was cracking up when she got home and told him the story. Poor Ash).
