Brooklynn started school this year at Christ Lutheran. Her teacher came for a home visit and made the mistake of asking Brooklynn to be her helper. She said that there would be kids that would not be as good at making friends as her. What Brooklynn heard was that she was going to be TEACHING Kindergarten. She was very excited to go to Kindergarten and finally be in charge. Luckily, Mrs. Sunderman is a great teacher and Christ Lutheran seems to be a great fit. It's a huge relief to have her learning so much this year, and Mrs. Sunderman even has her help some of the slower working kids from time to time. I do think that they need to work of their religion curriculum though - One of the first things that they covered was the ten commandments. The drew pictures on ten different pages of paper to define the ten commandments. There was one picture I couldn't figure out. I asked Brook which commandment it was. She told me it was Thou shall not commit adultery. When I asked her what adultery was, she said it was when your daddy doesn't love you and the only thing you get to eat is oatmeal and the only way to stay warm is by burning your furniture. I'm pretty sure I would have no way to explain adultery to a Kindergartner, but that seems a bit out there to me! Of course, I also had a parent come up to me and ask me if it was true that Brooklynn's real name was Ericka, and we called her Brooklynn for short, and her teacher congratulated me on the baby that we had the week before parent teacher conferences in October, so maybe I shouldn't be going to the school board quite yet. She is becoming such a great reader though and her writing has gotten really great too. We feel very lucky to have such a smart, imaginative little girl!
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