I know a girl - She puts the color inside of my world #39
My babygirl is getting SO big! She is also looking at her first heartbreaking goodbye. Sofie, her Kindergarden BFF is moving to another kindergarden. We found out yesterday and now we're trying to figure out how to help her with it. It helps that it seems our little girl is so much stronger than either of her parents really understand, but at the same time I feel so sad for her and don't want to deminish her sadness. Those two little girls have formed a strong bond within these past 6 months and it's funny I always thought that out of the two of them Sofie was the strong one, but it turns out Princess I through it all has been the one who'd made sure they got through it all and made sure that Sofie was taken care of.
Yesterday Boyfriend and I went to a parent/teacher meeting at the kindergarden. We left the meeting feeling SO proud of our little girl and all the worries we've had about her social skills were totally for nothing. Dorte the teacher told us that Her Highness is beloved by all in the Kindergarden, children and adults. That despite the rather shaky start she had - in the sense that the kindergarden were going through a rough patch due to several factors - she had just handle the transition from DayCare to Kindergarden with such grace that they were frankly rather impressed. She also told us that they have noticed that she does not suffer bullies. That she will stand up for herself even if the kid she's having to face is one of the oldest kids of around 6 years of age. At the same time she is also a pensive child who from time to time will just stop and watch the world around her in order to try and figure out where she stands and then take it all in. She has also figured out a way to hack the system and get some one on one time with the teachers. Not by acting out, but by simply hiding out in order to be the last one in line for whatever it is the adults are helping them with.
On top of it all we were also confirmed in our suspicion that we have a very smart little girl on our hands. Her language skills are within the top 2% of her age group and she is really fast at picking up patterns and such when they play learning games around the lunch table.
We were also VERY pleased to hear that "The Mini!Hulk" is NOT a known part of her personality at Kindergarden. That she does not act out and throw tantrums like the ones she sometimes pulls here at home. To the children and teachers up there she is almost always a happy girl who's got room for so many people in her life and have a generous heart, a curious mind and a great creativ interest for both play and crafts.
What made me the proudest though was the infomation that we have a daughter with a very strong sense of self nd is really self reliant. She will not let other people tell her who or what she is. Personally I was never all that good at standing out and standing my ground as a child, but it sounds like my kid has it down! One of the older girls has told her that she was 'little' to which Her Highness had declared: "No I'm a Big Girl!" Just like the other week when someone had commented on how her 'Mater' from Cars t-shirt was a boys' shirt and she had said that it wasn't because it was her shirt and her mommy had bought it for her!
Dear Babygirl - you are the best thing in my life and you make me so proud!
