Grace is almost 8. I can't say it's flown by. She's the last and we have savored all the milestones. She's also a bit of a pill so no day seems particularly fast. The years sure do though.
Not last night but the night before I went to bed early, Lu was still awake in her bed. She came and slipped in the covers next to me. We snuggled and watched a little Downton Abbey until soon we were both asleep. She's so much bigger than the tiny babe that once lay by my side. In the dark we whispered to each other, admiring the lovely gowns the ladies worn, talked about the day, laughed at the Z antics.
Today she turned in her cookie order form. Her goal was 1000 boxes of cookies. Mine was a much more attainable 115 boxes. That's how much you had to sell to earn the stuffed puppy and heaven knows we need another stuffed animal around here. She easily reached the 115 and then sold some more, then some more. Pretty soon we were pretty close to the next prize point 175 boxes. Today she realized she was 8 boxes short so before brownies we made one last push and she got up to 193 boxes. I think she has a career in sales.
After a short hiatus from piano Lu started back up with lessons today. She did well and was happy to be back. I hope she will stick with it. She really is musical and has a talent for it.
Today in the hall at school I saw her walking back from the nurse with her friend Ava. Ava had hurt her head. Lu is nurturing and kind, she is always willing to walk someone to the nurse, or run and get a band aid.
Lu is a writer. She has book plans and likes to write chapters. She also has a good brain for math and easily figures out lots of stuff. I wonder what she'll be when she grows up.
The other day I was talking with Ms Myers, Lu's kindergarten teacher. She was reminiscing about when Lu was in her class. She has a book of remembrance that she puts a few notes in each year of funny things she wants to remember about her teaching years. She told me Lu was in the book. It was Columbus day and the kids were on the carpet talking about Christopher Columbus. Ms Myers asked the kids what they knew about him, Lu raised her hand and was the first one called on. Ms Myers expected her to say he sailed around the world or something like that. Instead she said "he was a Jew". Hmmm. While Ms Myers asked Lu about that interesting fact and how she knew it Ms Knight looked it up on the Internet. She verified that Lucy was right. Who knew? I didn't, and I asked Ms Myers how Lu knew. She had told her she learned it in church the day before. She remembers and knows all kinds of interesting things. FYI: When I looked it up myself the info seemed more speculative than conclusive but maybe he was.
Love my little Missy.
I cannot believe it has been 8 years! Incredible! It was fun to read about her. I wish you still lived here. :)
ReplyDeleteHard to believe she is already 8. So cute that she is such a determined little sales person ; )
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