Desertion

September 5th began better than all the days of the past 2 months... Granted I was up earlier than I had grown accustomed... But it was better... The kids were happy... excited... and ready for their first days of school... Right on schedule, 4 other children from the neighborhood arrive and our little hoodlums were out the door with big smiles on their faces... With a kiss on each of their cheeks and a smile on each face... I wave goodbye...

As I turned, the sadness on one little face was disturbing... Our little one was being left behind... At two years old, she is too young to begin school... and really I was looking forward to time with her again...

So, we went up to her room together and practiced her numbers and counting... Then we went downstairs and practiced her colors and shapes... Then we sat together and read a couple of stories... I felt like a good mom for a day... Since then, we have done all those things just not as scheduled as they were that first day... I am proud to say that my little girl can count to 20 in English and French... I am also proud to say that she recognizes shapes and is learning their names... She can say A-G in the right order... W-Z in the right order and knows chunks of letters in between... if only we could put it all together...

Dora has become Celia's favorite character these last couple of days... She was given a Diego movie a couple of days ago and LOVES it!!! So, we try to catch Dora and Diego on the tube when we can...

It is my hope that this school year becomes a time of rapid learning for my little angel... I hope to be able to teach her to read before Kindergarten and to foster the love of books that has been innate to her since her birth... I hope to accomplish all this without pressuring her and becoming an obsessed mommy... :)