Lafayette Education Foundation held its 11th annual Teacher Awards this past Thursday at the Heymann Center in Lafayette. Many teachers at our school were nominated, but one very special teacher, Guy Landry, was a finalist in the Inspirational category. Our entire 4th grade team of teachers and some other Ossun faculty and staff attended the event in support of our "Guy." He looked so great with his wife, Nancy. They were dazzling and beaming with pride.
But a very surprising thing happened. They always give away a 3-night, 4-day all-expense-paid trip for two, to anywhere in the US, to one lucky nominee. They simply pull a name from the lot. This year the number exceeded 400. The rules stipulate that one must be present in order to win. They called one name, and other teachers from her school sighed as that teacher missed out. Then they called another name, this time a male teacher. Silence filled the auditorim as they waited to find out if he was in attendance. I leaned over to my colleague and said, "If that was my name, you'd know I was here! I'd be climbing the seats down to the stage!" Then, lo and behold, they called MY NAME. No way! Are you serious? I jumped out of my seat like I had just scored a touch down, arms straight in the air. All my co-workers were screaming. It was real. I received a packet of information confirming I had indeed won a trip!
I plan to call the travel agency soon to find out all details of this prize.
We ran out of diapers while visiting Mama Vivi, but luckily we found some Depends to use in the meantime. Eli is growing and learning much! He uses sign language for "more," "please," "thank you," "play," and "all done." He is learning the names of objects such as moon, duck, boat, bird, fan, and fish. He still loves to throw balls of all shapes and sizes.
