Amelia's super special person

Amelia sure loves her cousin Abigail! She chose to do one of her writing assignments at school about her youngest cousin.

Note: we had to have a chat as Abigail has TWO sisters instead of one, but Amelia is doing a great job.

Amelia sings the Navy song

Waving flags at Veterans Day assembly

Veterans Day, home presentation

I was pleased that Amelia was willing to perform some of her Veterans Day songs from her assembly. I wasn't expecting the amount of work that needed to go into it. William insisted we needed a stage and a curtain with a pull open mechanism. At one point, I didn't think we'd get beyond the construction phase of development.

Watch for videos coming up next!

Dear Grandpa Budd,

Dear Grandpa Budd,

You can be a veteran.* I know the army song.


* I suspect this was due to the assembly yesterday. Students were invited to bring any veterans in their family or friends to the assembly. The veterans were announced one by one and the student got to go up and sit with their special person. Amelia was most displeased that her favorite 2 veterans were not available for her assembly.

Dear Uncle Mike

Amelia was moved to write a letter to her Veteran family members after her Veterans Day assembly at school yesterday.

Dear Mike,
I love you. We hope to see you soon. Have a happy year. Do you like the navy? Love you to the moon and back. Amelia. Heidt. I know the navy song.

Happy Veterans Day!

Every year, the school has a Veterans Day assembly. The kids sing and some local veterans are recognized. The assembly is always on a Tuesday and as I work on Tuesdays, I haven't ever had the opportunity to attend.

On Monday, I saw a friend from work post on Facebook that her office was closed Tuesday for the holiday. The lucky part? That meant I didn't have to work Tuesday and I got to go to the assembly. The unlucky part? I had to spend my day off making phone calls to all my students and volunteers in order to let them know not to come to class on Tuesday.

The kids were asked to wear different colors based on their grade level. First grade wore white, second grade wore blue. As a Boy Scout, William was asked to wear his scout uniform. Gemma had preschool in the morning, so I was able to attend the assembly by myself after dropping her off. This is big. I haven't been to the bathroom by myself since 2007.

The assembly was very cute and I'm so glad I could attend. Amelia's "talking hands" sign language club performed the Pledge of allegiance in sign language at the beginning. I was disappointed that due to where I was sitting, I couldn't see them perform.

Lucky for me, Amelia was more than happy to repeat her performance in the evening.

In closing, it would be wrong to not mention our family's favorite veterans. My brother, Mike is serving in the Navy and both of my grandpas have military background. My Grandpa Budd was on the army and my Grandpa Tom was in the navy. We thank them for their service and dedication to our country.