I think that overall Annie is enjoying life in the first grade. I think the only thing she really doesn't like is the injustice of consequences that effect the whole class when only a few people are causing trouble. And I don't blame her. That used to make me quite mad when I was in elementary school, and I have to admit, I still don't understand it. I'm not a school teacher though. Maybe it really is effective?
On with Anne...
She is getting really good at the monkey bars. (Little side note here. I call them rings. There are probably 15 - 20 rings hanging in a row that the kids swing across like monkey bars. Does that make sense? They don't have regular monkey bars at their playground.) Anyway, Anne started really playing on them at the end of Kindergarten. She got all the way across at the beginning of this school year and her latest accomplishment is that she can skip. The day she made this announcement came right about the same time as this picture. It's not the best picture, so you can't see all the callouses, there are lots, but you can see that big red spot. She gave herself a blister and kept swinging on the monkey bars until it popped! This was just after we clipped the extra skin off.
Last week Anne got to have her first sleep-over! Sort of. A new family in our ward was about to have their 5th baby and we offered to take their kids when they went to the hospital. Their oldest, Eliza, is Annie's age and they get along really well. The kids came to stay with us on Friday afternoon and spent the night that night. While everyone was supposed to be getting ready for bed I came into the girls' room and found Anne and Eliza doing each other's hair. They played princesses all day and cried when Eliza's dad came to pick the kids up.
Anne got this note from the school counselor. She was very proud of it. So was I.
5 comments:
Way to go Anne! I'm glad to hear that 1st grade is going so well.
"sniff sniff" my little niece is growing up. "sniff sniff" It's great to see how great she is doing.
Wow, she's getting big! Can you believe that she's old enough to be in first grade? I have issues with that everyday. Our babies are getting SO big!
Yo, Anne!
You don't remember me, but I'm Uncle Jim, Nana's brother. I have to tell you how proud I am of your accomplishments at school, both academic and athletic. You are about as pretty as human beings are allowed to get and you seem to be very smart. I hope you are happy.
Love,
Uncle Jim
How cool that Anne can skip bars now! (I remember that was when you knew you had really made it out there on the playground.) Congratualtions Annie!!
I was also impressed by your teacher's note and that you obeyed and listened so well. You will always be happy if you try your best to do what is right. Sounds like you are going to be happy a LOT. Yay!
Love,
Autumn
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