To piggyback my last post, I'm going to continue to brag on my girl. Yes, every old crow thinks hers is the blackest. So, just a heads up... This is a totally one of THOSE post, so by golly, I will say what I want and pretend that it isn't open for the world to read. :)
It was this time last year that I was having major anxiety over where to send Big Sis to school. Was I going to attempt homeschooling with a new born and 2 other preschoolers? Could I persuade Michael to pay for private school, and which one? Thinking of sending my tee tiny new 5 year old off to the big bad world of school hurt my heart a little. We decided on a small private Classical education school. Once she started school, I immediately felt we had made the right decision for her.
After our first parent teacher conference I was even more convinced. One of my biggest fears for Lila was that I would put her into a classroom with 25 kids and she would just fly under the radar because she is so shy and quiet (in school and church settings). Her teacher told us that she was VERY quiet and she would like to see and hear her express more of her ideas.
Although Lila was reading a bit before she entered Kindergarten and had pretty nice handwriting, since starting school she quickly took off in excelling in these areas. At school they are reading a Ukranian poem called The Mitten. She came home from school and read me this: I learned that the 2 Russian words she addresses, babushka and deiadoshka, mean Grandfathers and Grandmothers.
Several nights we have caught her reading The Adventures of Little Bear with her flashlight after bedtime. She gets in the car from school and picks up a book to read. We have even started just letting her read to the boys at night! We might be just a little lazy! :) She desperately wants Big G to learn to read and tries her hardest to teach him. She walks in the door from schools and starts on art projects, like this butterfly.
Notice she did the colors of the rainbow in order. She drew it, colored it, then cut it out. She begged me all day for a hole punch and string so that she could make it into a mask.
I love that the word of God is being poured into her ALL day everyday at school, Yes, she comes home reciting the New Testament Books, poems, the Presidents, etc. but it is so much more than that. Just this morning on the way to school, she was singing "The Old Rugged Cross." I saw her eyes swell up with tears and afterwards she told me it made her eyes want to cry. I asked her what the song was about and she said "It's about Jesus Dying on the cross." I knew that she was emotional over the TRUE meaning of the song.
WOW! What a precious moment!
Notice she did the colors of the rainbow in order. She drew it, colored it, then cut it out. She begged me all day for a hole punch and string so that she could make it into a mask.
I love that the word of God is being poured into her ALL day everyday at school, Yes, she comes home reciting the New Testament Books, poems, the Presidents, etc. but it is so much more than that. Just this morning on the way to school, she was singing "The Old Rugged Cross." I saw her eyes swell up with tears and afterwards she told me it made her eyes want to cry. I asked her what the song was about and she said "It's about Jesus Dying on the cross." I knew that she was emotional over the TRUE meaning of the song.
WOW! What a precious moment!
