Today was one of those really good days for Sophia. She came to my classroom for me to fix her hair in the morning (it is easier to do it in the classroom where other people are around), she ate most of her lunch, she quickly finished her homework right after school (she now gets a note in her book from teacher Barbara, asking to please only complete one page, otherwise she would just keep doing, I don't think that ever happened to me! ;)), she tackled a math problem (figuring out how many children there were in our lower grade classes to make sure we had enough candle making supplies for all of them) and then at home she did a little more math with Theodore and a tutoring student.
I quietly kept accepting and admiring her joyful day. And then she suddenly got out the glue gun and some materials (inspired by a little project that I was working on, to be shared later) and started creating. Once in a while she would say "this is where the queen lives" and "this is more beautiful than I have ever made something". Layer after layer she kept adding onto her project. I must say when I saw the end result I was astonished and couldn't love it more. Although, yes, there is one thing, to see her telling me about her creating, the sparkle in her eyes and to see her being proud of something she created. Now, that was a treasured moment I want to remember always and strengthen the foundation of our relationship with.
When putting her to bed I couldn't help but wonder if tomorrow would bring a difficult day, as I have observed that pattern of easy/difficult alternating days before. But like I told her, tomorrow is another day, it will be different, but it can still be good, it is just a question of what we each make of it.
Good night!
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