Brooklynn

Brooklynn is in the fifth grade this year.  To say I've been dreading this would be an understatement! The middle school years are widely viewed as horrific.  Friendship dramas. Body dramas. Attitude dramas. Everything...Drama!  We're about a month into the school year, and yes, it has been dramatic.  Also, it has been all kinds of awesome!  My middle schooler is totally rocking it!  So far, she's handled nasty rumors, hair disasters, face disasters, and academic pressure with a grace that I had no idea that she possessed.  I have been so proud of her the last month. She has confronted a girl who started a particularly nasty rumor about her head on, didn't get upset, and fixed the problem without adult interference.  She's took it on herself to research skin care and hair care and try things that have really worked(her hair looks fantastic!) She got a 93% on her first math test.  The highest grade she earned on a math test last year was a very low C. She's gotten A's on all of her spelling test thus far and has(all on her own) set a personal goal of making it on the honor role this year. She's been trying out new looks with makeup, hair, and clothes.  She has been digging a lot deeper into her faith.  Asking tough questions, and arriving at well thought out answers.  She loves her religion teacher this year.  So - here's to the middle school years. May they continue as they started!