Sarah's Coloring Contest

Mary got a call last week from Parks & Rec here in Mtn. Home and they informed us that Sarah had won the coloring contest for the "Preschool" division. Her prize was $20, which we were to pick-up at the Parks & Rec at our convenience. So the next night we went to the office, just telling Sarah that she was going there to get "a surprise". She was pretty excited about where we were going and why. She was given her money and the picture she colored. This was very confusing to her and she didn't quite grasp the concept and why she was given money (it was a cashiers check) for coloring a picture. She also asked a lot of times why they chose hers and what the other kids had done wrong that they didn't "win". It took a lot of repetitive explanations, it was pretty cute. So after picking up the prize we went to the bank and had them give it to Sarah in "ones". She was pretty excited about it!

Nathan just had to get in the picture, much to Sarah's disliking! Here is the picture of the ant (?)

Sarah is really good at coloring, though this wasn't her best product. She did a good job using a lot of colors and coloring inside the lines, but the aesthetics aren't the greatest, but we were very congratulatory of her hard work and efforts. I took her shopping yesterday (daddy-daughter solo time) and she was excited to choose two "Littlest Pet-Shop" toys. She was very excited. She also paid her tithing with two of her dollars (which is a fun story as well) and saved two dollars to ride the "carousel" twice next time we go to the zoo, hopefully some time next week with Oma around.