Maddie and Mr. Nickeloff

Maddie is posing with her third-grade teacher, Mr. Nickeloff. Maddie is happy because she just received the Academic Achievement award for her third grade class. This is what it says on the back:

Maddie is a very intelligent young girl! She has a 100% average in math and a 95% average on her reading comprehension and vocabulary tests so far. She displays all of the pillars of character counts especially being a caring person.
Maddie always has a warm smile, and a kind word for us. She enjoys singing and hip hop dance. Congratulations,
Maddie

Maddie we are very proud of you, you are working very hard this year!

Wyatt Saves the day....

....and a man's life. Wyatt and I (Myra), went to a fancy restaurant up north, to celebrate a friend's birthday. While we were eating, a man sitting at the next table started choking. Another man got up and TRIED (incorrectly) to administer the Heimlich maneuver. Wyatt sprang into action and took over. He remembered how to correctly perform the Heimlich from the Boy Scouts. Wyatt is a real-life hero. The funny thing is, we were very very close to not going that night, and unbelievably no one else in the restaurant knew how to perform the Hemilich, not even the people that worked there.

Ya know, when I told this story to my friends, they asked if Wyatt got his meal comped. Well, not only did they NOT comp his meal, but they didn't comp the meal of the guy who chocked either. They thanked Wyatt profusely though. But I guess they weren't grateful enough to reward him with a free meal. It's okay though, you don't do good deeds seeking reward.

We are very proud of Wyatt! Here is a picture of Wyatt next to the "Joe" the man he saved.