Bits has always been a shy little thing; cautious, reserved, not one to rush into anything or any situation she wasn't sure of. Kinder has been a massive boost for her in that regard. She speaks to other kids now without her big bruhby having to introduce her, she has a lot of equally as girly as her friends, and has started speaking up when in groups.
For a long time, all she's wanted to do is read. Read read read read read! Momma why can't I read? Why does Gabe get to read and I don't? Guess what??? She is reading! She has a list of about fifty sight words that grows every single day. She sat down and read me 90% of a beginning readers book the other day after insisting she couldn't read anything. A few weeks ago as she and I sat together she started reading words from a book and suddenly looked at me and asked "Mom, why do I know these words?" I said "because you are reading honey!" All of the sudden it seemed to hit her that, oh yeah, she COULD read and it's been non stop from there. Nothing warms my heart more than Gabe and Bits sitting side by side with their noses in books; when Bits gets stuck on a word, Gabe will lean over and look at it quickly and tell her what the word is and go right back to his reading. It's fantastic; actually, scratch that, it's MORE than fantastic. There isn't a word to describe it.
But...despite all of these leaps and bounds, I still can't believe there were no kisses after getting on the bus today..
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