Gratitude Tuesday #6: Delightful Kindergarten Girl
My daughter officially starts Kindergarten today.
Last night she told us that she was now a Delightful Kindergarten Girl, and a Delightful Kindergarten Girl is helpful and polite. She then proceeded to set the table for dinner.
We've been preparing for this day for a long time, but not for the usual reasons. She's not nervous about starting Kindergarten because she's in the third year of her Montessori program. Kindergarten is in the same classroom with the same teachers that she's had for the last two years.
This spring I cleaned out Birdy's closet and found a box of my old dresses that my mom had saved. Dresses from each of my siblings' weddings. My First Communion dress and veil. My Confirmation dress. The dress from my first day of Kindergarten.
Birdy and I decided that she should wear this dress on her first day of Kindergarten, too. My mom had made it in the late 1970s and it needed some updating. My sister Julie altered the dress and yesterday we went over to my mom's for a photo shoot.
Today I'm grateful for my daughter and I'm hopeful that she will continue to be delightful, helpful, and polite. She's an independent spirit with a healthy dose of attitude and a mind of her own. She's been arguing with me since she could talk, and while it drives me up the wall, I know that someday it will serve her well.
I'm grateful for the Montessori education that both of my children have received, and I'm looking forward to Birdy's success this year as a Delightful Kindergarten Girl.
I'm grateful for my family, for my mom who never threw anything away. Today Birdy wears a little piece of history.
Tell me, what are you grateful for this week?
Last night she told us that she was now a Delightful Kindergarten Girl, and a Delightful Kindergarten Girl is helpful and polite. She then proceeded to set the table for dinner.
We've been preparing for this day for a long time, but not for the usual reasons. She's not nervous about starting Kindergarten because she's in the third year of her Montessori program. Kindergarten is in the same classroom with the same teachers that she's had for the last two years.
This spring I cleaned out Birdy's closet and found a box of my old dresses that my mom had saved. Dresses from each of my siblings' weddings. My First Communion dress and veil. My Confirmation dress. The dress from my first day of Kindergarten.
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| Me, 1978 |
Birdy and I decided that she should wear this dress on her first day of Kindergarten, too. My mom had made it in the late 1970s and it needed some updating. My sister Julie altered the dress and yesterday we went over to my mom's for a photo shoot.
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| Birdy, 2012 |
Today I'm grateful for my daughter and I'm hopeful that she will continue to be delightful, helpful, and polite. She's an independent spirit with a healthy dose of attitude and a mind of her own. She's been arguing with me since she could talk, and while it drives me up the wall, I know that someday it will serve her well.
I'm grateful for the Montessori education that both of my children have received, and I'm looking forward to Birdy's success this year as a Delightful Kindergarten Girl.
I'm grateful for my family, for my mom who never threw anything away. Today Birdy wears a little piece of history.
Tell me, what are you grateful for this week?