Addie the Graduate

Today was Adeline's graduation from Preschool. My neighbor Mrs. Cope taught her this past year and was AMAZING! Adeline loved it and grew so much. This was unfortunately Mrs. Cope's last year teaching :( So Addie and I will be doing our own little home preschool next year.

Anyway, the graduation ceremony was precious! The amount of work and detail put into it was amazing. The kids all sang a couple of songs (complete with sign language), and had their own parts in the ceremony (Addie was the greeter). The best part was Mrs. Cope's personal awards that she made for each child. Here is what she said about Addie:

"Adeline loves to pretend to be a princess. She is small and petite with a tiny voice, but don't let that fool you! She is a small, petite ball of fire, who is very independent. She loves to do things all by herself, and does not like to be helped. Mrs. Cope learned that the first day of school when she tried to help Adeline write her name. At the time, Addie did not know how to write her name, but insisted that she DID know how to write her name and would not accept any hand-over-hand assistance. So, Mrs. Cope got out Adeline's name card and asked her to copy it, which she did, and has continued to do to this day. Adeline is the youngest of all the children in Mrs. Cope's preschool class and probably has the best handwriting! She knows how to open wrappers all by herself, put on her shoes and jacket all by herself, put her chair away all by herself. . . She says she wants to be a princess or a nurse when she grows up. Mrs. Cope thinks that whatever Addie wants to do, she will! The Provident Living Award for "Excellence in Self-Sufficiency" goes to: Adeline Koger!"

I thought that "Excellence in Self-Sufficiency" was a nice way of saying "Stubbornness." I know it's a quality that I will come to appreciate in her. . . someday.