Abby is Strong and Mighty

Abby was watching Pearl do something difficult and she said confidently, "She can do it, because she's four, and four year olds are strong and mighty!" (something her teacher apparently tells the class often)

Well, we had our teacher's conference with Miss Janet (the aforementioned strong and mighty teacher) today. She told us that Abby is very social (yup, I'd picked up on that), that she is a leader but she can defer without losing it. She has a great imagination and focus. She loves loves loves to draw (I hadn't actually realized that she did that much drawing in school). When she loses focus during rug time and Miss Janet calls her on it, she doesn't get defiant or rude, she just gives a little giggled "whoops" type thing and gets back in line. She's doing okay with small motor skills and needs to be encouraged to go outside and run (surprise because thats all she does when I work at the school!). She is great is groups and uses her whole body when she speaks. There is not one little bit of her that stays still when she is telling a story.

Miss Janet said that when Abby first came to the school tears were her first reaction to ... anything and that she (Abby) has worked so hard that she only comes to a teacher now if she's tried everything else. She (Abby) has a little problem letting someone else speak but that is just because she has so much to say.

And after the first wave of pride that Abby is indeed as wonderful as I thought she was, I felt proud that she is so confident. Sometimes, as her mom, I cringe at just how confident she sounds... i.e. the opposite of humble. But lack of confidence is so often the root of so many problems later on, and I very much want Abby to continue to believe she is as strong and mighty as anyone can possibly be.