Ben wraps up 2nd grade!

On the last week of school Ben finally got his Bobcat award at Pack meeting!  He earned it a while ago, but with the Pinewood Derby and Blue and Gold Banquet he hadn't received it yet!  He really wanted Benson to paint his face!  Lucy went up for moral support!

Ben's class had a "Japanese Tea Party" on the last day of school because they had just wrapped up learning about Asia!  It was really cute!  They had ramen, sushi, little cookies, chop sticks and they all made their own kimonos!  Ben's award for the year was the "Super Smiler" award because he is always smiling!  When Ben got his award his class was chanting "Benny Boy! Benny Boy!"  It was pretty funny!

A funny story about Ben....  I have no pictures of this, but Ben really doesn't enjoy reading for A.R. and has struggled to make his goal every quarter!  With about a week and a half left in the quarter, Ben still need ed to take about 7 tests and was averaging about 2 a week...so I really didn't know if he would be able to do it!  I told him that if he made his A.R. goal we would let him watch the movie "THOR" {Ben is really into superheroes and he hadn't seen any of the "Avengers" movies}...the next day Ben took 7 tests!  I couldn't believe it!  All this time...glad we finally found some motivation for him!