Sooooooo PROUD!

I'm gonna brag here, it is my right as a mother!

I received a letter a few weeks ago that Mackenzie was being accepting into the Horizon's program (gifted program) at her school. I was pretty much expecting it, so I saved the paperwork for her records, but didn't think too much of it. Well, I just received a call from the gifted teacher asking if I was OK with her being in the class with 1st graders because she is the ONLY KINDERGARTNER who qualified!!!! I am sooooo proud of her. When asked if there was anything specific I'd like her to know, I told her that being as Mackenzie is SOOOO much my child (it scares me), that one thing I would like to improve from my own faults is being able to do things and have fun at things that she isn't the best in or can't do perfectly. She said that that is a classic issue with gifted children and they work on that particular thing extensively. I'm just so darn proud of her I could scream. Little girl doesn't even know that she could get anything out of me tonight that she wanted!

And keeping on the subject of my little girl, I've been meaning to post about our "date" last weekend. Sunday afternoon Mackenzie and I got all dressed up, did our hair, put on our make-up, and headed to the Fox Theater for The Nutcracker. I had been given tickets from work, so we had the box seats. We were going to go out to eat, but due to money and time, we just grabbed something fast food on the way. But Mackenzie said that in real dates people eat where they are going, so I promised her dessert during the show. We arrived in perfect timing and got shown to our seats. She looked around in awe, sat with her little legs crossed, and said “Oh mommy, this is so fancy.” We read the program about the show, and then it started. About an hour in she looked at me and said she was ready for her dessert. We ordered the “Volcano” – basically a chocolate Sundae on a brownie. When it came out….oh I would have loved to capture the look on her face. I swear the thing was as big as her head! TONS of whipped cream. She looked at me and told me I better eat some to help her! You know it is big when they WANT you to help them and aren’t swatting your hands away. I think for the next 10 minutes I just sat there and watched her eat it, it was priceless. I think it is a night she will remember forever. I know I will.

In other news, we got our lights and tree up last weekend. Love love love having the Christmas stuff up and this time of year. Harold is in town this weekend so tomorrow he is coming over to start the tradition of baking Christmas cookies with the kids. We can’t wait to see him again! Everything is pointing to this being another wonderful weekend!