Mallory's Excitement

When I took Mallory for her 5th grade assessment with her new teacher, she was a little nervous. She's worried that she isn't going to learn the computer program (she's in a class that does 90% of all work on a laptop) fast enough and she thinks she doesn't know her math facts well enough. She didn't smile or say one word in the car. After 5 minutes with her fabulous teacher, she was put completely at ease--all she had to do was read through 3 stories and report what she read. Then her teacher told her a little about what to expect this year and Mallory got a taste of what a nice, fun teacher she is. As we were driving from the school, she was beaming from ear to ear. I assumed it was because she was just excited for school but she said, "I can't wait for school to start because I love my teacher, I can't wait to wear my new clothes, AND we are having a baby!" All the way home I was thinking to myself how lucky she is to be a 10 year old girl and anticipating all of those things--life couldn't seem better to a girl her age.