{"id":454,"date":"2010-04-01T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=454"},"modified":"2010-04-01T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T14:33:00","slug":"two-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"Two Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Always lovely to watch you kids succeed at those BIG lessons in life (wink). Perhaps tying shoes isn’t a big big deal but it is one of those life lessons that makes a Mama proud.<\/p>\n

Big Girl wasn’t allowed to start grade one without knowing how to tie her shoes. It took a couple days of hard work before she was doing it with ease. That was a different school with different rules and this year I must admit I didn’t worry about my boy doing the same for his grade one year. He got Velcro shoes again in the fall but it is spring and he already needs bigger shoes. I bought him laced up shoes that are so cool he really wanted to master it.<\/p>\n

I showed him a bit each day for the last couple days but I must admit I wasn’t as in to it with him as with Big Girl last year and kind of expected him to figure it out, especially with Big Girl trying to give lessons as well.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, out of the blue, he came bounding up to me and proclaimed he new how to tie his shoes! I was surprised, that morning we had had trouble getting them done in time to catch the bus. He sat right down and did both shoes quick as could be.<\/p>\n

“Wow, how did you do that?” I asked him.<\/p>\n

“Madame taught me!” (that is what he calls his French immersion teacher).<\/p>\n

Well I hugged him and praised him for being so smart<\/leo_highlight> and sighed with relief that I didn’t have to be the hero this time… let the teacher do the teaching! She must know what she is doing;)<\/p>\n

After all, it takes a village to raise a child right?! I appreciate people who take honest and caring interest in my kids. He has such a lovely teacher.<\/p>\n

TTFN<\/span>
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