Don't Worry - Mia made it through too

How can it be that my little girl is no longer a Kindergartner?? She seems too little to be anything more even though her long legs beg to differ. She sure is tall and skinny! Often being a head taller than several of her little friends. It makes clothes shopping tricky. Length and width are a tricky combination. But enough about that..........on to finishing Kindergarten!

Mia has scholastically grown leaps and bounds this year. She could not be anymore opposite of Jake when it comes to learning. Jake remembers everything, Mia doesn't have time to remember silly little details. She has to play and must get her makeup on just right. We struggled through her blue book (a review for the year that the teachers give), we struggled with her red reading books, we struggled with remembering her sounds and the order of numbers. Phew! So many silly details she thought but, nevertheless, we prevailed and what was a daunting task of reading through her a homework book taking nearly an hour to read three times suddenly turned into reading several in just twenty minutes! Hooray Mia!!

Mia's goal we made was to make it to her yellow books and I am proud to say that she did it!! This was so big for her since reading did not come easily to her. When she came home from school, she excitedly brought me her books and counted down how many books left before she got her goal. Each day brought a new book or two and big smiles from her. Just warms my heart to think about it. We jumped for joy when she made it through and got into yellows and the icing on the cake was being able to pick a treasure from her teacher. She picked out the bright pink fake fingernails that she happily declared looked just like Aunt Dee-Dee's.

Ms. L's energy and excitement was contagious. She had the kids exercise everyday and often spoke faster than Mia could understand. Mia especially loved her. Whenever her teacher and I spoke, she always commented that she was such a loving child giving her several hugs each day thanking her for being the best teacher she could ever have. She said that she was quiet and calm (see - opposite of Jake!) and had her friends that she loved. When I dropped her off for school, I often saw her running to give her friends a hug and holding hands as they ran to their line. That girl knows the blessings of best girlfriends already. I hope that they will always be happy to see each other.

Already the years passed even though it seems that it just started. Before I know it, she will be at school all day. I hope she can handle being there that long. That girl sure loves to play!

I just had to add this photo even though it's not the best of the teacher. Check out that pose on that girl!

And yes, she is wearing jeans. Because she insists on wearing Fall/Winter clothes when it's hot and Summer clothes when it's cold.