I feel a little bad that all my facebook posts and blogs about Gracie are negative - tongue in cheek- but negative. Truth is while Gracie requires a LOT of attention and a LOT of patience, she is super awesome and kind and clever and entertaining and it doesn't end there.
Below are some of Gracie's stories her Kindy teachers have written for her portfolio. I didn't take great photos, (if you really want to read them I will take some and repost) but I just wanted to give you a sample of how they put her portfolio together.
Almost every single story in that portfolio talks about Gracie's determination, persistence and her 'can do' attitude. I'm so excited that I have all these moments documented. There was a whole story written for her when a ball came over the fence from the neighbouring primary school, she wouldn't give up until she got that ball back over, she refused all help but kept her frustration at bay.
What an awesome story for such a small moment that would otherwise have been missed if it wasn't for Gracie's teachers.
Her frustration sometimes gets the better of her and she can be a little (hugely) irrational but she THRIVES on the praise she receives for completing the task.
She takes after her father, Haydn rarely gives up when he really wants to achieve something, and he LOVES it when I tell him how awesome he is.
I am excited to see where these traits take Gracie in the future and I am very proud of her.
I need to work on the 'giving praise' part as it's what keeps her going until she finally achieves what she set out to do. I find it really hard to give praise and I won't go into why I find it hard, but I'm working on it.
I love Gracie and I am glad she chose me to be her Mum.
P.S. Gracie has only been at kindy for two terms and her portfolio is almost FULL, we are so blessed to have enrolled her at such an awesome kindy and so blessed that all her teachers are so passionate and great at their jobs. Here is their website if you wanna check it out www.albanykindy.wordpress.com
