Literacy Night and another adventure

Last night I had the opportunity to help out at my former labor position from college. The month of March is somewhat commonly known as literacy month. It is also the month in which Dr. Seuss has a birthday, which him being a childrens book creator, adds to the hype of the month in the education world. Last night the CDL hosted their annual literacy night. This is a celebration of literacy geared toward the youngsters that go to the center. There were many games and activities that related to the happenings in many Dr. Seuss books. There is also appearances made by thing 1 and thing 2, and The Cat in the Hat himself. But what kind of celebration would it be if there wasn't any food? That's where I come in. Every year that I worked at the cdl as a student, I would volunteer in the kitchen making popcorn. Even though I am not a labor student anymore, I got invited to come back and help out in the kitchen again. It was a great night popping popcorn and catching up with people. Seeing the cute little children added to the greatness of the night.

Another happening of this past week was getting to go to a concert for free. Eyre knows people with connections apparently because we both got tickets to see Third Day and Brandon Heath for a night of worship. The beginning of the concert was a bit scary for me because I was sitting alone with a lot of people I didn't know and it was overwhelming for me. But a little later Eyre was able to join me because of an empty seat. During the evening I heard many songs, some I knew, some I didn't but that was okay. I love listening to music because songs tell stories and with this particular genre of music the stories point to God and that is pretty amazing to me. Fun tidbit from that evening is that we went to IHOP for dinner and I got some chocolate chip pancakes and they were scrumptious!
Well that's about it for now. Captain Something Fun signing off.

Will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed. (983⁄4% guaranteed.)

So I have noticed that no one has made a post for the month of March and can you all believe it, the month is almost halfway over O.O
So some super exciting news... I get to graduate on May 3rd officially I got the email from Kathy Wallace. (I tried making a copy of it to show yall but it's not working right). 51 is the number of days I have, so be ready!

I had a super fun experience yesterday while at work. But first some back story to set the tone. March is Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Seuss's birthday month. Also all around in schools March is known as Literacy Month. Well every Wednesday and Friday for the whole month the child development lab has special guest readers come and visit with the children. There is also special appearances from The Cat in the Hat, and Thing 1 and Thing 2. Yesterday I got an email around lunch time asking if I would be willing to dress up as the Cat. Having worked at the child development lab for three years I have always been afraid to volunteer for dressing up but something in me changed apparently because I quickly responded to the email saying yes I would be the Cat. It was a super exciting experience the children all loved seeing the Cat in the hat they have grown to know and love come to life. I did kind of have an epic fail though. I was the first Cat to ever talk at the cdl so that went over well as you can imagine. I just couldn't go visit all the children and not talk and nobody told me this unspoken rule for the cat in the hat. My supervisor was okay with it though she told me as long as I enjoyed it and the children enjoyed it that is all that matters.

In the spirit of Dr. Seuss's birthday I challenge all of you to read at least one of his books this month and write about it. My favorite book is Oh, The Places You'll Go. It is chuck full of good quotes and a good tale.