C This Week....

I am especially proud of C this week. Tuesday, her older sister wanted me to go to her first official prenatal doctor's appointment. C didn't want to go, and since she was recently given a cell phone, I let her stay home. The appointment ended up being 3 hours long. (lots of waiting room time) When I got home, C had done all her chores, all her school work, and even cleaned the microwave. She has worked hard on all her schoolwork, getting it done early to be outside enjoying the beautiful weather we've had all week. (70's and 80's in MARCH!) She and E have spent a few of these nice days practicing softball...the annual signups begin this weekend.

Now...anyone who knows C or reads this blog (back when I had a computer and could write regularly) knows C detests writing. She detests it on any level. So imagine my shock yesterday when she woke up, and handed me a paper. She said, "I felt like writing last night after bedtime, so will you read this and tell me what you think?" On her own, not as an assignemtn, just because she "felt like it", C wrote a rough draft, AND a revision, of a very well organized, well-written, informative, grammatically perfect ESSAY. It was titled, "Pennington", and was a very complete informative essay about her favorite cat at the animal shelter we work at. I had no idea she was even writing anything! She even drew and colored a picture of the cat to go along with the page and a half essay.

Now, some of you have children that like to write. *I* was a child that liked to write. I've always enjoyed writing. But I never thought I'd see the day when C would take the initiative to write anything, let alone something that was so well done. So, I am very pleased this week with C's overall attitude and hard work.