....for motherly bragging.
For those who don't care for bragging, (I'm assuming we all do love mothers, at least a little), please feel free as a bird to skip this entry. I won't be hurt, really, I won't. It's o.k., I have extraordinary children.
I really do.
I took them to the "school of choice". There, they were assessed to see where they would fit in.
Ian, my precious son, said, "It was hard, but fun. It's challenging, but fun." Ahhhh, that's grand!
Cami, the precious youngest daughter came out all smiles and blue eyes crinkly with excitement, "Fun!", she decreed. Excellent, I thought.
We waited for Katie. And waited for Katie. And just when I was entertaining thoughts that I had accidently brought my daughter to the open door of a disguised space ship and they had vanished my Katie to Mars, here she comes. The two evaluators behind her had glistening brows. They were shaking their heads. She was beaming. This could mean many, many things.
The evaluators spoke in hushed whispers so as not to anger/annoy/concern the parents sitting around me. "She's amazing. (pause) Really. (pause) Really amazing." I waited, brows raised expectantly. "Amazing?" I promoted, helpfully.
"We tried to stump her in math." Ahh, I began to see the correlation. This is a child who does Soduko at 7 years old.
"And in reading." Yes. Well, she devours Lemony Snickets like candy. And the Bible. She's eclectic that way. Second grader sometimes are.
"And we can't. Stump. her. We stopped at fourth grade level. We were afraid to go higher."
Katie? Katie was brightly beaming and veritably frothing at the bit to do more, see more, learn more. It's like raising a comet. They're brilliant and elusive and you're always chasing their tails.
For those who don't care for bragging, (I'm assuming we all do love mothers, at least a little), please feel free as a bird to skip this entry. I won't be hurt, really, I won't. It's o.k., I have extraordinary children.
I really do.
I took them to the "school of choice". There, they were assessed to see where they would fit in.
Ian, my precious son, said, "It was hard, but fun. It's challenging, but fun." Ahhhh, that's grand!
Cami, the precious youngest daughter came out all smiles and blue eyes crinkly with excitement, "Fun!", she decreed. Excellent, I thought.
We waited for Katie. And waited for Katie. And just when I was entertaining thoughts that I had accidently brought my daughter to the open door of a disguised space ship and they had vanished my Katie to Mars, here she comes. The two evaluators behind her had glistening brows. They were shaking their heads. She was beaming. This could mean many, many things.
The evaluators spoke in hushed whispers so as not to anger/annoy/concern the parents sitting around me. "She's amazing. (pause) Really. (pause) Really amazing." I waited, brows raised expectantly. "Amazing?" I promoted, helpfully.
"We tried to stump her in math." Ahh, I began to see the correlation. This is a child who does Soduko at 7 years old.
"And in reading." Yes. Well, she devours Lemony Snickets like candy. And the Bible. She's eclectic that way. Second grader sometimes are.
"And we can't. Stump. her. We stopped at fourth grade level. We were afraid to go higher."
Katie? Katie was brightly beaming and veritably frothing at the bit to do more, see more, learn more. It's like raising a comet. They're brilliant and elusive and you're always chasing their tails.
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Sorry I've sucked as a blog-friend--real life's been hectic--but I'm smiling for you and your kids.