A Weekend with Corduroy

Since the beginning of school in August, Jackson's class bear, Corduroy, has gone home with a different student each weekend. Every Friday, one of the kids' names is randomly drawn, and they get to bring home a special bag containing Corduroy (complete with overalls adorned with only 1 button), 2 Corduroy books, and a journal to record the weekend's activities. Jackson has been SO patient about waiting his turn for this honor, although he has looked forward anxiously to "Corduroy day" every week. Each time, we cross our fingers that it will be his turn that week, and each Friday afternoon when Corduroy has gone home with someone else, Jackson has had the best attitude. He never once whined or cried about it not being fair, he just says, "I think it'll be my turn NEXT week!"

Well, this past weekend, it finally WAS his turn. :) On Friday afternoon, I got this email from Jacks' teacher:

Today must be Jackson's day. First he was chosen for star student. Then I let the star student draw (from a stack of names) the next person to take home Corduroy. Well....he drew his own name! So Corduroy will be spending the weekend with ya'll! Enjoy!

He was so excited when I picked him up, and Corduroy went with us everywhere over the weekend. Here is the entry we added to Corduroy's journal, complete with pictures.

On Friday, I was so excited when Jackson was the Star Student and picked his own name so I got to go home with him for the whole weekend. After school, we went for a bike ride. I tried to ride between Jackson’s handlebars, but I kept falling off. So I went to hang out with Jackson’s baby brother, Luke. I found a great place to sit, right on top of his head! Then we went to have BBQ for dinner with Jackson’s Daddy and we got to pick our very own ice cream flavor for dessert. Banana split is yummy!

Saturday morning we watched some cartoons and played a car racing game on the Xbox 360. Jackson taught me how to drive really fast! Later in the afternoon, we went to the park. Jackson and I had fun on the swings and going down the slide. Then we went to Fuddrucker’s for dinner and got some milkshakes. Lucky for me, Jackson’s family really seems to like ice cream! Jackson tucked me in snug as a bug in a rug at bedtime.

On Sunday morning, Jackson’s Mommy made pancakes for breakfast and I had one all to myself. Jackson made sure I didn’t get any sticky syrup on my paws. Then we went to the carwash. We rode in the car through a dark tunnel filled with soap and sponges and when we came out on the other side, the car was clean! I was so amazed. Back at home, we made heart crayons in the oven. We took the paper off of little crayon pieces, and then we cooked them up. Before bedtime, we watched American Gladiators. My favorite part was when the Gladiators went flying after the ball hit the bullseye. Jackson and I agree that Crush looks like our favorite teacher, Mrs. Murthy.

I’m so lucky that I got to spend an extra day with Jackson because we didn’t have to go to school on Monday. So we went to the book store and picked up some new books to read, and then we had a yummy lunch at McDonald's. In the afternoon, Jackson and I played outside with his Lego trains. We had to enjoy the weather before it started to rain!

I had a great time at Jackson's house. It was definitely worth the wait!