Daisy loves kindergarten

I love our new school so far. It is almost unbelieveble how smoothly the transition went. Daisy seemed happy to go from the very beginning, and it's only gotten better. Now she tells us, "I am used to Kittredge!" with a tone of happy triumph in her voice, and it's been no time at all. She says "I love school" frequently, describes having friends, and seems totally comfortable and at home there. She even seems to enjoy the (very brief amount of) homework.

She comes home from school volunteering hefty amounts of information about what she did all day. She seems truly excited about the content she's learning. For weeks she told us all about matter--solids, liquids, and gases!--and now that they're doing a Social Studies unit, she tells us all about the Inuit, and in some vivid detail. She proudly announced today that she has been appointed the class "historian."

We (the adults) haven't made friends yet, but I am trying not to be impatient and know that it will happen. It may have been easier at preschool because I was volunteering all the time. I will try to find a good day to volunteer at Daisy's kindergarten, I think.

Conversations with Daisy

Daisy: Mama, want to hear me use "execute" in a sentence? "I execute my donut. I execute my grandma."

Me: Uhhh...ummmm...

Daisy: It's a song! "I execute my donut. I execute my grandma. I execute everybody. I execute my mom and dad."

Mark (cryptically): It's not always good to use the word "execute."

Daisy: I'm using it in a good way.

Mark: It's not a good word to use about *people*.

Daisy: But it's a song.

Mark: That's what all the violent media moguls say!