Kindergarten

Julia Rose started kindergarten this year. She absolutely loves it. She's my "follow the rules" child, so I think all the organization and regimented schedule thrills her little soul. She's also very shy and timid with strangers, so she has surprised me this year. I ordered a pink backpack and pink lunchbag from LLBean. We shopped for school supplies and school clothes. She was about to burst from the anticipation of the first day.

Now I pull through that long line at the Academy every morning and the safety guard opens the door for Julia Rose. She jumps out and never looks back. The safety guard always tells me to have a nice day, which I try to do.

Now the race is on to learn to read. There's another little girl in her class that can read, and Julia Rose wants to learn so she can "beat Gracie." The competitive edge finally shows itself, and it is with reading! I love it and she's definitely ours...soon she'll be falling asleep with books across her face. She and her sister both look at books every night after bedtime and prayers.

She can learn to read, but she can't learn to spell. How else will Terry and I communicate?