Kindergarten Registration

This afternoon, Madison visited a place for the first time, Chestatee Elementary School. This school is very close to where we live, and will be a place Madison goes to five days a week (and sometimes more), starting August 9th. Can you believe she's already registered for kindergarten? The school made it easy, and of course Mommy had all the paperwork (and copies) ready for the day. Madison's first task at the school: a test. She was counting, identifying colors, identifying shapes and even writing her name. We saw the library for her school, which to Madison is always a place of wonder. It helped that they had building blocks to play with too - Madison the architect went straight to work building a masterpiece. Here it is:

Just kidding. That's the front of the school itself. We got there early enough in the process, so we didn't have to wait so long. Our next stop was the school nurse, who was a very pleasant person. We talked of allergies and even the recent struggle with mono, and then moved on to the paperwork side of things, while Madison sat in a waiting area coloring people with an orange crayon.

Madison did so well today. Her speech is improving rapidly. Although it's clear she's still challenged in many areas, we could still all understand her, including the teachers - who have no context. We were very proud of her - and it was clear she was excited about being there. School is something that she really likes going to.

I wish I felt that way growing up, but that's just another thing to be grateful for. Add that to the massive list of blessings we have today.

We've got ballet tonight, and until then Madison is taking a little nap, recovering from last night's big fun. But today was another big day as well, one where Madison first got to see a tiny peek at a magical place called... kindergarten!

"We're going to play a wonderful game called... 'Who is my daddy and what does he do?' "

- Detective John Kimball