He speaks for the trees...

Last week Brayden's school had Seuss Spirit Days to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. Brayden loves Dr. Seuss so he was SUPER excited to be a part of it.

The first day was "Fox in Socks Day" where everyone had to wear crazy socks. The craziest we could come up with in his size was two different color socks, with one high and one low.

That day his class got to try green eggs and ham, which Brayden said he liked!

Day Two was "Oh, the Places You'll Go". You had to wear something representing a place you've been or a place you hope to visit. I really wanted to make him a Legoland shirt, as he is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wants to go there, but he settled for his Yankee shirt which represented him having gone to Yankee stadium.

On the last day was "Seuss Day". They asked everyone to wear red and white, a Cat in the Hat hat or something that represented their favorite book. Brayden couldn't wait to wear his hat to school.

He said this is how Cat in the Hat poses.

Throughout the day they had different activities. One of them was going to the library and playing different games. Sarah's class actually helped out during this time. She was excited to be with Brayden's class and told all his classmates that she was his sister.

Later in the afternoon they had an assembly for grades K-4. Each grade did something special for the assembly. The Kindergartners were all put into groups and each group was given a sentence from a Dr. Seuss book to memorize. At the assembly they would say their sentence and people had to guess what book it was from. This was a BIG deal for Brayden!

This is an e-mail I sent to Mrs. Arnoldi about it ---
Mrs. Arnoldi, 
     Just had to share with you that Brayden is SO EXCITED about his "sentence" that he has to memorize for Seuss Day. Last night when I read him the line he would be memorizing, he said "That was the line I was wanting!" with great enthusiasm. For the rest of the night he proceeded to repeat his line.

      This morning Brayden told me that he needed to practice his line at school today, so if you hear throughout the day "He speaks for the trees and all living things." I apologize. You or whoever is in charge of the assembly next week has given Brayden the role of a lifetime, he is taking it very SERIOUSLY. :) LOL!

      Now if I could just get that same enthusiasm into some other areas that would be great. He can't wait for next week and all the Seuss celebration days.

Mrs. James

This was Mrs. Arnoldi's response ---
Thanks for the TERRIFIC e-mail!!  Yes, I knew that was the line Brayden would want so I gave it to his group!  He will also be the one to hold up the Lorax book!  I LOVE how excited he is!  Competition for Sarah!!
Mrs. Arnoldi

This was Brayden's moment to shine.

"He speaks for the trees and all living things." 

He said it perfectly. All those hours of rehearsing paid off.

The Mayor of our town also came and declared it "Dr. Seuss Day" in the town of Wanaque/Haskell.

They sang several songs about reading and Dr. Seuss.

Of course Cat in the Hat also made an appearance. 

He took off Brayden's hat.

I love the expressions on Brayden's face. He is right below the Cat's hat.

Brayden had such a fun couple of days. Even meeting Cat in the Hat. 

That night when I was putting Brayden to bed he was asking about the Cat in the Hat and his costume. How did he fit in the costume? How could he see out of the costume? How tall was the person? Lots of questions about the costume. 

Next, he asked if I knew who he wanted to be for the next "Trunk or Treat" we have in October. Of course because of all the questions and the past couple of days celebrating I immediately said "Cat in the Hat!"

His response, "Nope, the HULK. " 

His is a funny kid.