Mummascribbles – When the little things make you so proud! – Mummascribbles

Each day in Zach’s pre-school room at nursery, they select a happy helper. The happy helper is a child who on that day has been particularly helpful and attentive. They may have helped to make breakfast, they may have set the table for lunch and they may have done a great job at helping to tidy up. It means that that child has spent the day listening and being good.

Zach only goes to nursery twice a week so he only has the two attempts at getting the happy helper status. The problem with him is, is that he is not very good at listening and so if they are trying to get him to be helpful, often he will do the opposite – although he does tend to like clearing away (just not at home!). So each Tuesday and Thursday, I pick him up and someone else’s name is on the happy helper notice on the door and there’s always a maybe next time moment.

When I picked him up on Thursday, someone was standing in front of the door covering the happy helper notice. When I walked in, after a big cuddle, his key worker said, Zachary, tell mummy what you got today.

With the biggest smile and the most excited voice he boomed at me, I am the happy helper.

Well honestly, I was so proud of him. He has been in pre-school since September and we’ve all been waiting for him to have a really good day and come home with the status of happy helper. He was so proud of himself and so happy. He was clutching his little certificate which he gets to keep (and which he proudly took to nannie’s on Friday morning to show her!), and he made me carry him over to the door so we could look at his name on the “today’s happy  helper” sign.

When he declared the news to daddy by making him close his eyes and then opening them to him holding his certificate out, well, there was a daddy attack of cuddles and kisses, all with absolute proud father coming through.

It’s such a simple thing but my heart burst with pride when he told me his exciting news. I am so pleased that he has finally been picked as a happy helper.