proud

that is what i am.....

so very proud that i have the privilege to call her my daughter...

today was her very first spelling test......E V E R....

we studied....boy did we study.....every morning at breakfast she pulled out a piece of paper and i would call out the words from the kitchen as i was making her lunch for school....and then again every afternoon when she got home from school we would do it again....

i didn't have to push or badger her to study...she took the initiative......so i took her cue and we studied....wrote the words carefully...spelled them together....found them in books we were reading...and all the while i would just sit back and look at her in amazement...when did my baby grow up....when did she become such a little lady????

i wanted her to do well because she wanted to do well...not because i want her to be perfect....not because i am going to be "one of those moms"

and it paid off....

she came running down the hill with a peice of paper in her hand shouting "guess what mommy, guess what?" over and over all the while trying to hide her excitement so i could guess while she was so excited.....

i played along with a sly smile on my face....gave a few guesses....

"did you get picked to read allowed?"

"did you get your favorite snack in your lunch?"

"did you get to be the paper passer outter?'"

"no mommy" she replied..... "i did it mommy....i did it!!!!"

and that is what she did...she did it....she spelled all of her words correctly....to include the 3 bonus words.....

i gathered her in my arms and gave her a huge hug and told her that i was over the moon proud of her and that her daddy was going to be just as proud when i tell him....

we celebrated with sharing a root beer and a few cookies and then off we went to pick up adilyn from part day pre-school....

my hope for her is that she continues to have such a passion for learning and a thirst for knowledge....that she finds things that interests her and peaks her interests...which right now happen to be all things science and art....

i do not have the expectation for my children to be perfect....i want them to do their best even if their best is not perfect....no one is perfect and before avery hopped out of the car this morning as i was dropping her off i told her even if she doesn't get them all right as long as she does her very best i will be proud of her....

that child of mine does not need any added pressure from mamma......she puts plenty of pressure on herself to excel...that is just who she is...guess she did pick up a few traits from her good ol' mamma!!!

happy friday friends

x's & o's
~r~