Let's Go WWWaaayyyy Back...

The other day Esther and I were talking about being sick - and how many times Esther has stayed home from school.  We can probably count on one hand (and maybe half that hand!!) how many times she has gotten sick over the years.  I said that she probably got that from me as I remember not being very sick in gradeschool either.  In fact I remembered recieving "attendance" bars at the end of the year if I hadn't missed a single day of school.  I knew I had them somewhere...safely stuffed in a box somewhere in our basement.  Well, I found them, along with a whole bunch of ribbons from gradeschool (various events)...so it was a trip down memory lane for me this morning...kind of fun to reminis - but also make me feel old!!!

My"bars" from school...attendance, recorder club, choir, foot patrol, and for various sports.

Next are participation ribbons - these were for just "being there" at Field Day...I think the oldest one is from Kindergarten - 1984! 

These next two pictures of 3rd and 2nd place ribbons for Field Day

 

Then there are the 1st place ribbons. 

And next are the are Book Fair ribbons..some prizes and some for just participating again (I guess they really pushed the participation part of everything at school!!)

 

Here are the Kiwanis Music Festival ribbons - various schools in the area got together and competed in singing and playing musical instruments etc - we always looked forward to going (it was usually a whole day off from school!!).

A few of my Cross Country Ribbons...these were also competing with other schools...I wish I could run like that now (just running up and down the stairs in our house gets me out of breath!)

Then there was the Science and Hobby Fair - I have no idea what I got 1st prize in anymore...I wasn't very good at science in school...and I don't remember having any hobbies either ;)

And finally my prized Birthday Ribbon!!!  I believe I recieved this from my Kindgergarten teacher...Miss Visser - the writing is barely legible anymore - but I know what it was from - and I'm keeping forever!!

So what do I do with the rest of them now??