soccer

Today marked the start of what is already proving to be a very successful soccer career.

To say I have been eagerly awaiting soccer season is a gross understatement. I signed up weeks ago and have been counting down the seconds while I practice at home. I had even perfected my soccer pose, modeling it after one of the players I saw in the Seattle Sounders brochure my grandmother sent.

I woke up this morning around 4:00 ready to go. NOW. We arrived a bit early to soccer and that just presented another grueling wait. Once I finally got on the field, I proved myself as the fastest most accurate player with the best concentration. Thankfully, I also have the only set of parents who don't stand at the sidelines and bark orders at me about what the coach has just said. (Note to those parents: your kids were listening to the coaches until you started hollering. The second you say something, your kids stop playing soccer and wander off to talk to you.)

Soccer caused me to be famished so we lunched at Whole Foods afterward. I had pizza, mashed potatoes, a cinnamon roll, and apple juice. carbs!

sewing

My mom visited with my teacher yesterday for their final conference of the year. I am excelling as a Montessori student.

Now that I have mastered the maps (I know and can identify all of the continents and some oceans) and the geometric solids, I have been sewing. It is my goal to have a sample perfect enough to submit to Trinity in support of my job application.

My school day looks much like my day at home and my teacher says this is the ideal. I read every book. And then talk about every detail of every book. (We raided Trinity's prized Roald Dahl stash and my dad has been reading chapter books to me and my mom quizzes me about plot and characters.)  I build. (In addition to the river my dad and I have built, I have multiple construction projects in the yard.) I engage anyone and everyone in conversation. (My teacher says I am well qualified to be a debater. At home, my dad is usually on the losing end of this.) I have been developing my math skills and I think we can thank my mom for this. (OK, maybe not.)

About my river: we got the water bill yesterday. It was big. Like the Amazon.