At the beginning of the month Nicholas, Jack and Joshua walked in the opening day parade supporting Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. It was freezing but they had a great time. I'm glad it was at the beginning of the month though!
Nicholas walked the entire route and overcame some anxiety he has about crowds. So, we supported a good cause and did a little self improvement at the same time.
Nicholas wanted to clean up his school yard as a part of Great American Clean-Up. He had told me that there was trash on the play ground (in particular cigarette butts) and he wanted to help clean it up. So his principal put us in touch with a 5th grade teacher with the same idea in mind and we began to plan. I have to give a lot of credit to Mrs. Brackman who gave Nicholas the opportunity to feel that even as a Kindergartner his ideas are valuable and that he could be a servant leader.
We planned to have the clean-up on Wednesday but due to rain it was switched to Friday. Each Kindergartner was paired up for a fifth grader and they set out to clean up outside the school. Below are some pictures Mrs. Brackman was so kind to share. Gigi (Nicholas' Great Grandma was able to come volunteer)
Stay tuned for the next challenge!
