Can you say "winner"?! Lucy has had the best week ever, at least in her eyes. We started on Monday with an ice cream social where we invited another two Daisy troops to our meeting for ice cream, games, etc. Lucy was so excited to have even more friends around and was beaming from ear to ear the whole time. From Daisies, she went home with a friend and from there to her first track meet. Yes, her first track meet.
Since this week began, I have had no less that 4 different people comment on how much energy Lucy has. She runs to school every morning. She jumps up and down, climbs trees or engages her friends in a game of tag when we are standing outside of school. She is ready for warm weather and being free to move around, a lot. So we didn't know what to expect with her first track meet. I actually missed her first event, the "women's 100 meter dash" (love the use of "women's") but Ian was there and reported a fine race, in which she stayed in her lane and finished third.
Her second event was the "women's 200 meter dash". This one, not as successful. No falling, no quitting, but not much speed either. No worries, she can running off of the track happy as could be and said, "I didn't win, but I don't care, I just loved running."
Up next was the softball throw, known in older circles as shot put. Lucy threw it a whole 13 feet. We're not talking a far throw, but she thought it was phenomenal.
She asked if she could stay around for another race. She wanted to run the 400 meter. Since we had two other extremely tired kiddos, we told her that she had to stop at her three events. She moped and pleaded that next meet she be able to enter more events. How can you disagree?
Speedy, well, maybe not. She doesn't really care about winning just yet, just being able to run made her happy as could be.
Next up, Tuesday. Tuesday was Lucy's first science fair. Only a handful of kindergarteners entered the science fair this year but there was no denying lu on this one. She was excited from the day we got the flyer describing the fair. She decided to study the national zoo's baby lion cubs and took it upon herself to check books out from the library at school about lions. She decided what facts to use in her presentation and then spent 4 hours one day putting it all together, writing out the facts, cutting and pasting on photos from magazines and really getting to know all she could about the pride. She was so well rehearsed that when asked questions from a "scientist judge" last night, she answered very clearly and excitedly. The judge came up to me afterwards and said, "Is that your daughter? She did very well, she was very poised." Lucy could not have been happier with the night. She earned a ribbon for her project, learned about other's science projects and participated in a chemistry experiment in which she got to wear goggles- a highlight of the evening. In the car on the ride home she said, "Mom, I am so proud of myself." And that's what it is all about.
Today, Lucy came out of school with a gaggle of girls following her since we were having three over for a playdate. Lucy solemnly said, "I got moved today from my table. I was chatting too much. BUT, I got put at ELLA's table!" I'm not sure this will stop the chatter, since Ella is a good friend, but we'll see. In addition to her being corrected for talking too much (no surprise, really) she came home with her third quarter progress report. Perfect. No really, a perfect progress report. She has "mastered" all kindergarten critera and has actually surpassed it in all areas. Definitely my turn to be proud. Not only does she do a great job at school, but she has been putting in a lot of time at home, on her own will, reading, writing stories, working on her science fair project, adding up coins, and teaching us all about what she has learned. Yes, we don't actually know all about everything she is learning. For instance, do you know what oviparous means? Look it up, it will make you feel like you should have known it, but yet, still don't!
And this brings us to tomorrow. We leave for Kentucky. I think in Lucy and Harper's minds, the state of Kentucky is gilded in candy, folks hand you presents at every turn and there are always people around to serve you, fetch things for you, entertain you and give to your every whim. Wait, that isn't just in their minds, that is an actuality. So make that, quite a couple of weeks, because Kentucky, here we come!
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