So proud

I was never going to be one of those moms who bragged endlessly about how perfect my kids are. I see their faults. I know their flaws.

 

Just not last night.

 

Because sitting in parent-teacher conferences, all I heard was how pretty darn close to perfect my two kids are. Yeah, these two:

 

AJ's teacher wrote on his report card that he is a superb student, and during our meeting she used the term 'genius'. She wondered if he watches a lot of documentaries because she's amazed at how many facts he knows. Her only suggestion for improvement is that he needs to slow down sometimes. She thinks his mind is racing so much faster than he's able to write that he sometimes forgets what he's supposed to be doing.

Sydney, meanwhile, was described as a delight, whom her teacher "just loves". She knows all of her upper case letters, and got 25 out of 26 on the lower case ones. She got perfect scores for recognizing numbers and sight words. On the report card Sydney made for herself, she indicated she loves school, loves her friends and thinks everyone loves her. How can Sydney improve? The teacher wrote that she needs to do a better job listening, raising her hand and waiting her turn, but then quickly explained that she writes those on everyone's report cards because five year olds need the constant reminder.

So, yeah, I'm just a bit proud. And if these two can ever agree on a restaurant (other than McDonald's) we'll be taking them out to dinner tonight to celebrate.