It's been a week. A stressful one at that. Who knew a kindergartner taking a somewhat standardized test for the magnet program could be such a grueling experience?! With the MRT under her belt, we can all rest easy again. We've been buried in homemade practice worksheets, done oral quizzes when paper wasn't handy, and I'm sure if I asked Towns, "what's one less than 20" one more time she'd stab me in the eye with her pencil. I wanted her to be on her A-game Tuesday morning for the first day of testing so I let her wear her absolute favorite outfit...
Wednesday we hit a bump in the road. Mrs. Lindsay called me from school to tell me she'd gotten a splinter in her toe at PE. Then she said, "actually it's not just a splinter, it's a doozie." I went immediately to pick her up and then spent the next four and a half hours trying to get that doozie out...
Yesterday when I picked her up from school she told me ten times over how glad she was that all the tests were over. I was a wreck all week, therefore I was a little glad too! You spend all that time preparing for it, hoping that she's learned enough of it in school as well, and then us moms just have to sit and wait with zero control over any of it. That's a hard job and a helpless feeling. I'm well aware that I've gone overboard worrying and over thinking it. I'm a mom...that's my job. Now that it's all over, we'll sit and wait even longer to find out where she'll be going to school next year. The Lord has served me up a lesson in patience on a silver platter. I know one thing's for sure...wherever she ends up will be exactly where she needs to be. And that's good enough for me!
Today they were having a day of relaxation after working so hard all week. She got to wear her PJ's which for some reason is always super exciting...
2 comments:
Oh that log in her toe still makes me cringe to look at! Although I have to admit I love that kind of thing so I would've been all about getting it out. Not that I want my kids to get hurt because I know splinters hurt. But when they do get one they know I'm not gonna stop until I get it out. Glad the "operation" was successful. :)
Ouch..that thing is HUGE!
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