Rachel has an incredible sense of smell (particularly with sweets), and I laughed out loud when she was able to smell root beer on daddy's breath when he gave her a hug.
I'm not good at writing down all her quotes, but this one made me laugh pretty hard. It was during FHE and she said, "Boys have the Priesthood and girls just walk around with babies and do jobs." She said it very matter of factly and wasn't saying it begrudgingly at all. Good thing, because it's kind of accurate. :)
Rachel loves kisses, and when she got (what I am guessing) was a small cold sore on the corner of her mouth, I told her that she couldn't give anyone any kisses for a week, and that made her cry. She especially loves to give Brandon and I kisses on the lips. And I know one day, I'll really miss that - but for now, it kind of makes me think of my Nana who always wanted to give us kisses on the lips - trying to dodge them was the standard procedure.
She is learning to read and has good reading comprehension! Dad has been reading her a series of fairy books (her first chapter books), and she really loves them. She's getting better at sounding simple words out, and her preschool teacher sends home readers that we do almost daily. She starts full-day Kindergarten this fall, and she's really looking forward to it.
A couple months ago in preschool, Miss Arlene told me that Rachel was being silly with another girl (Elise) in the classroom. She said that both girls were having a hard time focusing and paying attention while she was teaching. We were giving lectures at home and that wasn't seeming to help, so we were brainstorming with Arlene about possible solutions. When she told us that Elise was the aggressor and about 70% of the problem, we came up with a new plan. Brandon gave an awesome FHE lesson on the Tree of Life, the iron rod, the great and spacious building, etc. Then the next day, I talked with her about what it means to ignore others - especially during classroom time - but also tying it back to the FHE lesson and how we'd need to ignore the people in the great and spacious building (sorry, Elise, but that's you). We actually practiced what it meant to ignore others when the teacher is talking - I would try to distract her by making silly faces and saying, "Rachel, look at me!" while she kept focused on her teacher (pretending, at least). It was super helpful to actually practice it; otherwise, I don't think she would have understood how to ignore. I told Arlene what we had done so that she could recognize what Rachel was trying to do. Anyway, Miss Arlene said that Rachel solved the problem completely and that Rachel has been great in the classroom ever since. A proud parenting moment for sure!! It was new territory for us to help Rachel remedy a problem all by herself when we were't there to help facilitate or see what was going on (and I'm sure we'll get many more opportunities to help her solve her own problems, for better or for worse). Hard to believe that she'll be in full-day Kindergarten this fall!
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