Nigel Gets Promotion …….

Nigel came back from his afternoon of volunteering at school wearing a smile so mahooooosive it must have been painful, nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to be allowed to rain on that little fella’s parade, until at least the end of this school year.

It seems that when he got to school he was asked if he would mind not listening to his beloved readers, but instead take them out in small groups and help them make a clay leaf each for a special display they were doing.

Let’s just say, that even though he didn’t let it show at the time, not wishing to appear unprofessional, it was …….. emotional.  

And….. despite being a total stranger to the art of clay, it seems that he carried out his task with such aplomb that no one suspected for a nano second that he was not a gifted and accomplished thrower potter! 

He was also diligent in making sure that every child was ticked off on his list and when finished, sent back to class, carefully holding their precious leaf on a paper towel with their name on, carried on the flat of their hand to wait it’s drying out.  So impressive were the results that when another class teacher saw them, he was immediately nabbed  by her, begging him to do the same with her class.  How he held it together he said, he just didn’t know.

There was then mention of some “decoupage” coming up in the next couple of weeks, and although he may have gone a bit blank behind the eyes, he said he was well up for the job, which is why, once he’d told Darrell and I all about it and had his tea, he zoom called Hugh, Darrell’s best friend and mentor of all things of an artistic type nature for advice.  We are sooooooooooooooo proud, a promotion!