Odin you are TOP DOG!

Last week Odin set a goal to receive all blue ratings for the entire week in class (blue is the best you can do).  Every day each student begins the day at green and they move up to orange (if they do something special...like participate, have good behavior, etc...) and then up to blue (if they do MORE special things) OR move down to yellow or red if they are not behaving appropriately (that has never happened to Odin).  To have a full week of blue is really HARD (we are constantly told green is good so don't expect orange and blue very often)!  But Odin did it!  He was so proud of himself on Friday when he showed me his 5th blue mark in a row.  Furthermore, he told me he received the "top dog" award for the week.  Every week one student gets chosen to be the "top dog" and they get to spend the weekend with Spike, a stuffed dog, and write about the weekend with Spike in a journal.

So, we had to think about something really cool to do with Spike...Odin decided to watch Star Wars with Spike.  Here is Odin and Spike getting ready to watch Star Wars.

But, honestly, Odin was excited and proud to be top dog, but spending time with Spike wasn't that exciting for him (he's just not into stuffed animals).  BUT, for Bjorn it was love at first sight.  Spike spent most of his time cuddled up next to Bjorn and Bjorn's other beloved stuffed animal "puppy dog."

Sadly for Bjorn, Spike had to be returned to Odin's classroom on Monday morning.  Many tears were lost and we are still answering questions about when Spike will return.  (Ahem, no pressure Odin!).