Proud Parent Moment #6

We invited all of Kelsie's classmates to her birthday party and the RSVPs have been incredibly touching. Many of the parents' RSVP emails have included stories about their interactions with Kelsie at the school. A recurring theme seems to be that Kelsie acts as the comforting parental figure for new students. Here are a couple of the notes:

"Kelsie was so sweet to Evan on his first day at Park Prep (back in January). She said she was going to watch out for him :) so sweet and adorable!"

"I really do have to tell you how sweet Kelsie is . . . Abigail had a difficult transition into school (lots of crying when I dropped her off). One day Abigail was about to cry, saying "do you have to leave mommy?" and Kelsie, bless her sweet little heart, chimes in with "don't worry Abigail, we won't leave you, we'll stay with you all day" (or something very similar if I'm not getting the exact wording ;-) I also almost fell over when I heard her READING an entire book one morning! Sooo impressed!!"

And we know that since Kelsie rarely naps the teachers get her to help the younger kids who have a hard time napping. They put her next to them so she can read to them or just lie down next to them to set an example. And apparently it works!

At the risk of bragging, I am so proud of her. If we can just manage to harness her book smarts and her nurturing instinct, she may just accomplish amazing things with her life. We'll do everything we can to encourage that.