Mimi Lu starts pre-school tomorrow. She has been preparing for her big day since first learning about this last week by practicing her ABCs the best she knows how, counting and “reading.” It is late and I am just now getting myself to bed. I wanted to make sure her day goes off without a hitch, so I’ve layed out her “first day of school” clothes, her backpack and got instant oatmeal packets ready for each of the kids. I’ll have to be at the office early for my sales meeting, so I don’t want to be rushing around if I can avoid it.
Today we played Boggle Jr. Granted, she doesn’t know how to read yet, but she could recognize the letters of each word and tried her hardest to match them to the picture. And after that, she played school with her newly-found gaggle of imaginary friends, laying out paper and crayons for each one. She commented on their excellent ability to “stay in the lines.”
She has known how to count to ten for a very long time but in the last week, she has been counting up to 15. Sometimes with help, but most often not. Oh, and she knows how to spell her name. We practice all the time~ A-m-e-l-i-e, that spells Me!
I am so happy for Mimi. I know this is going to sound all braggish, but she is brilliant. So much so that it is almost scary. I know the other kids are super intelligent, too. It’s just that, well…maybe its just that she is my last one, the baby, and I am feeling those proverbial Momma wants to keep her baby around forever pangs. I really just want to hang on to all of these little things that make her so special.
