1st Grader!

Comparison pictures of the first and last day of kindergarten:

Sophia has learned so much this past year – from addition and subtraction to reading and spelling.  So far, she’s been an excellent student.  I know it’s just kindergarten, but she’s exhibiting great discipline on getting her class work and homework completed on time and properly.  She usually asked me to practice her weekly spelling words with her so that she would have a better chance of getting 100%.  I’m assuming these are all signs of her caring and wanting to do a good job.  Hopefully this flows into everything she does!  Here are a few pictures from kindergarten graduation and lunch afterwards.

So now she’s done with kindergarten and will be a first grader in the fall!  I’m hoping that she will transition smoothly to the new school and make new friends and still have the confidence that she’s always had in the class room. 

At 5 1/5, she still loves her naps.  Usually during the ride home/to grandparents’ house after school, she’ll fall fast asleep.  Some days she’s happier than others when we wake her up from her slumber.  Other days, she’s just a grumpy/cranky whiny baby if you wake her up too soon.  I hope that is not a sign of what’s to come during her teenage years!

At her last dentist visit, we discovered that she had a couple of cavities.  We also confirmed the fact that she has zero pain tolerance – either that or that she easily gets overly nervous, which causes her to not be able to withstand any thought of pain.  When she had to go back to the dentist for her fillings, she was crying even before they had to start drilling.  In fact, she was already crying when they started administering the laughing gas and then she was crying so much once they did start drilling that the dentist eventually recommended that we go to a pediatric dentist to finish the job.  At the pediatric dentist (which, in Sophia’s defense, was not a very kid friendly environment at all), we had to have multiple pep talks, prayer, threats of needing shots if we have to come back again and YouTube videos of Elena of Avalor in order to get xrays and one filling.  What an ordeal it was.  I think she’ll be brushing and flossing regularly and thoroughly from now on!  This was a picture of her before trying to get the x-rays.

Another noteworthy thing to jot down so that when she reads this in the futures, she can see what she was like when she was a kid:  She is such a sore loser when it comes to playing games.  Every time a board game gets pulled out, you’ll hear this conversation:

Me: Ok, why are we playing this?
S: For fun
Me: Ok, and what happens if we lose?
S: Don’t cry
Me: Why?
S: Because it’s just a game.

I think I need to revamp my lines or something because surely enough, she’ll end up whining/on the verge of crying if she’s losing and complaining that Matthew did something that wasn’t fair or that he somehow cheated.  However, if she wins, it’s all smiles and giggles and “gaw gaw, it doesn’t matter that you lost because it’s just a game” comments. 

Anyways, despite this, she’s still our little sweetheart that still loves pink, her arts and crafts and is currently infatuated with bunnies and asking if she can have a pet bunny.