My Jamie

My Jamie has been in school for a week now. I can't even believe she is old enough to be in school. It's been nice to see her adjust so well, I must say. She's excited to get on the bus every morning and when she gets home she has the biggest smile for me. It's awesome.
Going to school has been really good for her. She has made friends and when Taylor does her homework, Jamie gets to practice her name and numbers. She feels like she is doing homework too. I've been finding papers around the house with her name written all over. She asked me today which "J" I liked best. We have a dry erase board in our kitchen for our schedule and notes. ON the bottom is Jamie's name as well. I just hope it stays on paper and erasable boards, otherwise we might have some issues.
My Jamie has been more interested in what mommy does during the evenings now. Last night I made dinner, which she didn't want to eat. But she insisted that if she did eat, I make no-bake cookies. Well, only a few bites later and she was bugging me to make them. The girl just doesn't take no for an answer...and well, it didn't help to have Taylor and Ethan in on the cheering for cookies. I caved...they're no-bakes, come on! Jamie stayed in the kitchen the whole time I was making them. She added the cocoa and milk and helped stir in the oats. When the cookies where ready she only ate half of one. Hmmm....all that work and she hardly eats that. Tonight when I was making dinner, she tried to help with that, too. It was not good. I made shredded chicken sandwiches and Jamie wanted to put the cream of chicken soup in. On the third or fourth attempt to shake out the soup, half of the soup plopped in the chicken.....and the other on the counter. She had to leave the kitchen after that. Oh well...she's trying help and I'm trying to let her.
I'm happy to see my little girl grow up. She's got a lot of spunk and energy and I just hope we can use it for good.