Progress

This summer, we've spent time off and on working on shapes and letters with Abby. At the beginning of the summer she was really having trouble making the connection between what her eyes saw and her hands were doing. However, over the past few weeks she's just blown me away with how well she's doing and how hard she is really working at it.

I've actually felt bad for her on a few occasions. She'll be working on a particular letter (last week it was "K") and she won't get it just right (according to her standards) and she'll get so mad at herself. It's pitiful to watch. No matter how much you try to encourage and console her, she's convinced she won't be ready for Kindergarten. I think we might have a little perfectionist on our hands. At any rate, today when we got out our colors, she was asking how to write everyone's name... and she was doing a great job!

It's so exciting to be able to watch your kids grow and develop right before your eyes and to discover, right along with them, the people that they are becoming. What a blessing.