Straight AS's

We had our first ever parent-teacher conference this morning. We'll try to keep the bragging to a minimum here, but Fiona pretty well ran the board. Children were given a grade of AS (area of strength), AA (age appropriate), PA (progressing toward age appropriate) and AC (area of concern).

Fiona got AA's on sharing and one or two motor skills points (I one was something about using art implements, although I could go check). Everything else was AS. Of course, consider some of the categories:

• Self esteem (um, she's not lacking here)
• Vocabulary (once upon a time we could actually list ALL the words she could say)
• Able to relate a story (ever been around for one of her songs?)

Anyway, we'll control the parental desire to crow too much, but it was nice to hear that 1) she's good at playing in groups (since she's an only child) and 2) she doesn't quit when challenged by something she can't do yet, the way she sometimes does at home.

Oh, and that she's the most special-est child in the whole history of creation. I don't think the teacher used those exact words, but we know it's true.