1.25.12

Another year in the books.

Thirty-eight.

Yikes.

Just another day though.

Riley's conference.

Quick trip to Columbia for lunch with my mom.

Homework.

Laundry.

Dinner.

Vacuuming.

We celebrated last night with dinner at the hibachi place and went out with friends this past weekend so I can't complain.

But darn- one year I'm going to be pampered on my birthday!

Jack did make my bed this AM- sweet thing.

In fact- Jack was quite worried that he didn't have anything to 'give' me this AM.

So he promptly went up to his piggy bank and removed $15.00 and brought it down to me before school.

Totally made me cry.

I didn't take his money and instead asked him to draw me a special picture that i could frame and hang on the wall in our room.

I hope he does it- I love his pictures.

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So we had Riley's conference this AM.

I wasn't too worried about it- she's doing great this year- but I was a tad surprised to hear HOW good she was doing.

Here's her 'report' card, if you will.

Remember it's still preschool.

I actually forgot that she did get one "W"- her phone number.

I thought she knew my phone number- guess I better work some more on that one.

Her teacher, Mrs. Helms, went through everything with Todd and I.

She listens well, follows directions, plays nicely with others and is a leader in the class.

Who knew?

I had a feeling she'd be fine socially- I was more concerned about her academically but it seems she's just fine on that front as well.

Her teacher says she is decoding words and reading for her.

We've been working on beginner reader books at night.

They have patterns and words that repeat.

These are books I've read to her before.

But now she's reading them to me.

It's really cute.

She'll stop herself if the word doesn't sound right.

Like this page in a book about a monkey who 'sees a red balloon' and 'sees a green balloon' and on and on.

After 'seeing' all of the balloons he 'sees a pin.'

She wasn't sure about the word PIN.

So she sounded that darn word out by herself and figured it out.

I'm just so relieved to know she'll be reading before kindergarten.

It's the main reason she didn't go to kindergarten last August.

Until next time...