My little Elley has a very big personality. She is the most social 5 year old I've ever met. I never have to worry about her having friends, she will make a friend where ever we are. The more friends the better. She is mostly a happy girl. I say mostly because everyone has their bad days. She is cheerful, playful, and loves being a kid.
Going to school is the best thing for her. She gets to be social, learn, and do all the fun things that go along with being in kindergarten. When I drop her off in the morning, I usually have to yell for her to come back and give me a kiss. She just gets so eager to meet up with her friends. I love that about her. I love that she's okay going off to school. That she loves to be social. That she loves having friends.
We just had our first parent/teacher conference this past week. She is doing fabulous! She is right on track even excelling in a few areas. She was even recognized the other day for being a respectful student. Her teacher told us that a classmate of hers was trying to get his things all gathered up and ready to go when he dropped his backpack and all of his papers fell all over the floor. This happened right as the class was trying to line up to meet parents at the end of the school day. Her teacher told us that all of the other kids were busy getting ready to head out the door when Elley saw that this little boy dropped all of his things. She put down her backpack and helped this classmate gather all of his things. Her teacher said she didn't even give it a second thought, she just did it!
What a sweet girl, I just love her.
I also asked her teacher if she was having a hard time with her social personality in the classroom? I did at this age, which resulted in some hard lessons learned. Her teacher told us that there was no problem at all. She knows when its okay to talk to her friends and when its time to pay attention. Thank goodness, that was a hard one for me to learn.
I bought some bandaids the other day...not just any bandaids, BARBIE bandaids. You should of seen the looks on the girls faces. You're pretty cool if you have a bandaid, but a Barbie bandaid. The girls kept asking me if they could have one and I kept telling them no, bandaids are for cuts, scrapes, and blood. Well, also for uncontrollable crying.....it's amazing what a bandaid can heal.
Later that day Elley was helping me empty the dishwasher. She had the pizza cutter in her hand and she was looking at it as if she had never seen one before. As she was looking at it, she asked me if I thought it could cut her finger. I said yes and asked her why.
"Because I really want a Barbie bandaid."
Yikes Elley! Here..... heres a Barbie bandaid. Don't cut yourself! :)
So glad she is a part of our family!!
