Evie girl is in the 1st grade this year! Yippee. She is enjoying her class and teacher so much. The transition into a new school has been great. I was never really worried, Evie is so easy going and has always had the ability to be comfortable in new situations.
Before school started I told her that we needed to get a new backpack. She told me that she didn't want one that went on her back but one that went over her shoulder...translation, messenger bag. So we found the perfect bag on-line. After we got it in the mail and she was showing everyone how totally AWESOME it was she said "It was really cool we just ordered it on-line and we didn't even have to pay for it!" :)
Evie was so excited when the first day of school came. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Ideus and she has a student teacher this semester whose name is Miss Morrison. She got a new pair of shoes that she just had to wear the first day. It was really cute how excited she was about those shoes. I would have been so scared to go to a new school but not Evie she was ready to go and get this year started! She was a little nervous about being the new kid I think, but she just marched into school with her head held high ready to tackle whatever she faced!
About a month after school started Evie brought home Mr. Aviator. It is a teddy bear that they have in class and a child brings him home for the weekend and goes on adventures with him. You take pictures of what you do and also write about the adventures you went on together. Evie was the first child to bring home Mr. Aviator. She was so excited. It was an exciting weekend that week so we were able to do lots of things with Mr. Aviator and tell really great stories (you might notice hospital pictures in the college, more of all that to come).
Last night was parent/teacher conferences. The quick take away message from the conference was EVIE TOTALLY ROCKS! Her teachers said that they just love having her in class. They said that there is hardly a day that goes by when they don't say to one another "Did you hear what Evie said today" and then say whatever her funny little saying/idea was. Mrs. Ideus said that she is a hard worker. She said that she is always willing to share and that she gives her assignments all her attention. Evie's teacher said she is right on grade level for reading and the one thing she needs to work on is having the courage to try to write words that she doesn't know. My little Evie girl does not like to do things that she doesn't feel like she is good at. But Mrs. Ideus said they have been working on sounding out and stretching out words and she has seen a lot of improvement in Evie's work. She said that she is doing really great in math. They showed me her last math test. There was a section where they had to make their own pattern. Evie choose to make hers with musical notes. Mrs. Ideus said that it was by far the most complicated pattern and when she first saw it she didn't think she would be able to carry it through to the end, but guess what.....SHE DID! Also she was the only one to get the last problem on the test right! She takes after her Dad in the math department. She just gets numbers. It isn't just a memorize thing, I can tell when we are doing homework that she truly understands the concepts that are being taught. You know the saying that kids are little sponges. Evie's teachers said that she truly is a little sponge. Mrs. Ideus said that she knows whatever she teaches Evie she'll remember. She said that she can teach Evie something new and the next day she'll remember what she learned and be able to apply it to the next step. This is also something she gets from her Dad!
I'm so happy that Evie is doing so well in school. She is making friends, having fun, learning lots, and getting smarter everyday! I have always been so amazed by my Evie girl! Her strength, courage, creativity, caring heart, sensitivity, and intelligence are what make Evie who she is and I am so proud of who she is and feel so lucky that I get to be her Mom. She has taught me so much and makes me strive to be better each and everyday. Thank you sweet girl! I love you! XOXO
