Conferences

Last week we attended conferences for both girls - Kindergarten for Rubes and 3rd grade for Cici. We knew going in that the feedback would be primarily good because A) we have good kids and B) if not, we would have heard about it by now. And that's exactly what happened -- we heard they are terrific students, hard workers, and eager learners, and we were (are) very proud.

Ruby's teacher showed us drawing after drawing noting Ruby's use of vibrant color (they really are quite pretty). And as she did this she talked about what a happy kid Ruby is -- that you have to be a happy kid to make such pretty pictures. "She's just such a happy kid..."

Cecilia's teacher talked about how well she was doing, particularly in math, so we quickly got up and left because surely this could not be about OUR daughter. As it turns out, two math-impaired individuals can indeed produce offspring that excel at math. Who knew?

But what warmed my heart the most -- and we heard this in both conferences -- is that the girls are both leaders in the classroom. And even when I asked if perhaps the teachers meant bossy, I was assured that it's not bossiness as much as it is leadership.

I love this.

And then later that day I took the girls grocery shopping and they turned into horrible little terrors from the underworld destroying everyone and everything in their path, namely my sanity.

So... [shrugging]