The Otte's

Friday was book report day for 1st graders at Maxey.

Here is Quinn sharing her report with her teacher, Ms. Meyer.

Quinn had a lot of folks there to see her give her report and it got so loud, and Quinn kept looking around at everyone, and totally got nervous.  Chrissy stepped in and asked her if it was to loud and if she wanted to have her ears covered up, Quinn said yes, and as soon as Chrissy covered Quinn's ears, Quinn started telling us her story.  Oh Chrissy, we learn so much from you.  Thanks!

After the large group of folks moved away, parents were to switch up and listen to other kids.  I've said how I love Quinn's class, as Chrissy and Grandma Martha and I switched up and listened to other kids, they all told us that Quinn was one of their best friends.  Well their parents are following in step.  When the group of teachers and therapists moved on, and Quinn was by herself for a few seconds, a parent came over and asked Quinn if she could hear her report.  It was calmer and quieter at this time, and Quinn looked around, calmed down, and shared her entire report with her.  It was so good to see. Then once we picked up Isaiah and got out to the car, Quinn shared her report with all of us about 7 times in a row, with no stops.  We all now know a lot about dolphins.

Talking about how much I love the kids in Quinn's class, I think we must have 20 of these bracelets the kids make for her, but this one just came home with her name on it.  Oh, I am so thankful for her classmates who love her so.

 Denali is equally shy.  She started sharing her report about polar bears with me, and I had to ask her to speak up a few times.  This girl is so outgoing some minutes and so shy other moments.  Grandma and Chrissy thanks for listening to the reports, the kids worked very hard on them.

 After listening to such great reports we were off to dance class, and Isaiah finally has his tap shoes.  He was so excited to get to class, it's nice to see him going from being a bit unsure of himself to being so excited and seeing the confidence coming out is wonderful.

 OH Tap, I've always loved you, and now we have a tapper, Isaiah I love it that you have not given up and stuck with it, it's great to see you excited about dance.  Denali has already decide she wants to start tap next year.