Maddi's big day

I got a call from Maddi's teacher yesterday afternoon congratulating me on Maddi reaching 100 AR points. For those of you who don't know what that is, I'll explain. The kids have certain books that qualify as AR (accelerated reading) books. They have to read these books and then take a quiz on them. For every question they get right they get points, but if they miss a certain number of points they don't get any for that book. ( I think that's how it goes) Also the size of the book determines the amount of points you can earn. For these little books that 1st graders read, there aren't a lot of points. Which means that you have to read a lot of books to get 100. She is the 3rd in her class to reach it. She was so excited. She loves to read and she had been working hard to get those points. Also with 24 kids in the class and the teacher having to help some of the students they don't get to do it everytime they are ready - they have to wait their turn. Anyways, the point is, it's a big deal for the 1st graders. The teacher buys them a bottle of pop when they reach 100. After Maddi's teacher called the boys and I made her a poster for the door and made her some sugar cookies that in the nuimber shapes to make 100. She thought that was great. Makenna is also learning to do AR which is a big deal for her because it means she is learning to read.