An extra special post about why my heart melted...

Age five has been a whirlwind so far. It seems to be a highly emotional age. It seems to also be an age of great physical growth. Analese can eat so much!! She is still a Daddy's girl. She has been clinging to Lee so much this weekend. Yesterday morning there was a great emotional battle because she did not want me to dress her or to fix her hair for church. She only wanted Daddy. I know she gets plenty of me during the week, and when Daddy is home on the weekend she sticks to him like glue. I try not to take it personally, but sheesh....the emotional outburst was a little much.

This past week we completed all of her kindergarten except for two pages in her math book. I told her that she could complete those two pages any time she wished, then we would be officially finished with kindergarten and she would get her first grade leapster game, as well as the two Spanish leapster games that I got her. Well, this afternoon, she decided to finish those two pages in the midst of our busyness of preparing for a Memorial Day BBQ and pool party. I whooped and hollered and hugged and kissed her. I really was super proud and felt like we had really accomplished something big together. I could tell that she was also quite proud of herself.

As I was getting out of the shower tonight, she brought me this little homemade card in a little envelope. This was really like one of those tearjerker Hallmark commercials.


The card reads: From Analese to Mommy. Dear Mommy, thank you for teaching me to do school.

We officially start spelling for first grade, but I think her little misspellings are just precious. Seriously, I was wiping tears and thanking her for making my heart so happy. I have never felt more appreciated! She told me that she had worked on the card "all night." It was so worth it after several episodes of her being a turd this weekend. Totally made up for all of that shiznit. Yep, she knew the way to my heart! Oh how I love her, and she can do no wrong. OK, she can and will do wrong, but she is such a sweet, smart, beautiful kid!


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