Mother’s Day joy
My daughter was out sick on Friday, so she brought home a Mother’s Day thingie for me today. And it’s really very sweet.
But you know what’s even better? Look at the improvement in her handwriting. Most of y’all know my daughter is PDD-NOS (pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified) and has some fine-motor issues.
First, last year’s, with the handprint.
Then this year’s. Last year, she would have flatly refused to write this much, and there would have been a major meltdown if you pressed the issue. This year, she was smiling and happy to give this to me. Now *that’s* a good mother’s day gift.
By the way, her name is not “Melissa,” although that’s how she’s been signing all her schoolwork for the past month or so. Nobody knows why she chose that name. She volunteered to me today that “Melissa is my school name.”
She may not write her Nobel acceptance speech out longhand. But then again… you never know!
I think I’d be all melty reading that from my own kid.
Quite an improvement!
I think I’d be all melty reading that from my own kid.
Quite an improvement!
“My mom touches her friends”
You’ve got a very perceptive young lady there. Her mom not only touches her friends, she makes their lives better in the process.
You done good sweetie. Very good indeed. ::smiles and sniffles::
“My mom touches her friends”
You’ve got a very perceptive young lady there. Her mom not only touches her friends, she makes their lives better in the process.
You done good sweetie. Very good indeed. ::smiles and sniffles::
I think I teared up reading that. She’s sure got a handle on her mama.
Also good to know she’s being cautious with her identity at school. Identity theft can strike anywhere! We should all use aliases.
I think I teared up reading that. She’s sure got a handle on her mama.
Also good to know she’s being cautious with her identity at school. Identity theft can strike anywhere! We should all use aliases.
That’s amazing progress! And I adore some of her answers, too.
And for the record, my “gifted” kid has handwriting only a small tiny tad better than Em’s.
-D
That’s amazing progress! And I adore some of her answers, too.
And for the record, my “gifted” kid has handwriting only a small tiny tad better than Em’s.
-D
I still have the thing similar to this that Jame brought home to me at Emily’s age. Doesn’t it melt your heart? And hey, I always wanted to be someone other than “Pat”, which is an extremely boring and prosaic name. I can relate to Melissa. (…although I like “Emily”…)
Happy Mother’s Day, sweetie pea!
I still have the thing similar to this that Jame brought home to me at Emily’s age. Doesn’t it melt your heart? And hey, I always wanted to be someone other than “Pat”, which is an extremely boring and prosaic name. I can relate to Melissa. (…although I like “Emily”…)
Happy Mother’s Day, sweetie pea!
How cute!
I have a feeling that Jacob will pick a school name, if only because every other boy in his peer group is named Jacob.
How cute!
I have a feeling that Jacob will pick a school name, if only because every other boy in his peer group is named Jacob.