Second grade Insect Expo

Calista sharing her part of the information on fireflies with parents and visitors! She does a great job, as you can hear it was very noisy with lots of people.

Catching up

Its been too long  since my last post.  The biggest reason is because Calista is doing awesome and there is not much to share.  Here are a few things that I thought to be noteworthy.

Market Day at school – Calista had to choose something to sell to the 1st & 2nd graders.  Each students set up a mini store at their desk.  She had to talk to a lot of kids and even teachers who came to her store. She said it was the best day ever!

Gymnastics – On show off day the girls made up short routines taking turns doing them in front of their class and any parents who were there.  She did a great job, even raising her hand to volunteer to go first! She told me afterwards that she had butterflies in her tummy but it was fun!

Ride to school- Our garage door broke on evening and we couldn’t even lift it manually to get a car out.  So I had to arrange for Calista to get a ride to school with a neighbor.  Our neighbor is also in her grade but has never been in the same class, so the girls are friendly.  Calista is familiar with the mom too.  This was the first time she had to ride to school with someone other than family.  I also had to tell her in the morning so she had little time to mentally prepare.  Again, no anxiety and she after school she said it was awesome!

Ride from school to gymnastics- Calista is in gymnastics after school.  Two other girls from her school also go at the same time so we have been carpooling.  Usually it is just Calista and her best buddy but this past week her buddy couldn’t go to gymnastics.  So when the other mom offered to drive I thought great then I only have to drive one way again but was worried since Calista doesn’t know them as well.  So I was a little surprised the next morning when I asked Calista if it would be OK to ride to gymnastics with the other friend, and she said sure with no hesitation!

Spending the night- This past weekend Calista and her brother spent the night together at their grandparents (the Bobo’s as the kids call them).  They live in town so we see them a lot but never spend the night there.  We have talked about it before and Calista has never been interested.  Some how this day the kids got it in there head that they were going to spend the night at the Bobos, and they did!  They both made it through the night, sleeping in separate rooms.

Many doors have opened this year with Calista.  There are many times Mike and I look at each other and say “who is this girl?”  I love to see her happy and doing what she wants and having FUN!  There are always little things that I notice but don’t think of writing about them.  I think she is going to have a great summer with her new found confidence and voice!