Do You Feel The Love?

Elise brought home her Valentine's Day project from school last Friday and it's a keeper, for once!

The assignment was for each classmate to write "a nice" adjective, in pre-printed hearts that would later be used for this project, about each of their classmates.  The teacher stressed "nice" and that was smart on her part.  I can only imagine the adjectives that six and seven year olds would come up with to describe their classmates.  Honestly, I had a hard time coming up with 20 different "nice adjectives".  And it is NOT because I am jaded, I was drunk, I am uneducated, trust me.  You try coming up with 20 nice things to say about peole.  It's hard!

My genes passed on very well to both of my girls; Elise even more so than Katie.  And I can't agree with that more after seeing the following descriptions that her fellow classmates wrote in their pre-printed hearts about Elise:

This one is from her teacher, unless she has a prodigy in her
classroom that writes this neatly. 

I, too, am nice, sweet and cheerful and helpful...
on a good day.



And here are a few of my favorites; traits that DEFINITELY take after me:

Yes.  She FOR SURE gets this from me!

 I'm sorry that you got this from me, sweetie!

One of the best traits that I could pass one to you!

This could go both ways.  And I will assume it's the
"good crazy" when it comes to me passing
it on to you!

 I know that you are funny.  I think I am.

And that's all that matters.

I don't know WHO came up with this adjective;

but it's obviously someone who has read my blog!

I love all of the comments that Elise's classmates wrote about me her.  Stay young, Elise, and stay the way you are, because if you follow in MY footsteps, these are the descriptions you will have from your "work mates" (as you so eloquently called my co-workers not too long ago), in about 30 years:

This one, as long as it's in the same context as it was

said to me, is funny.  It is only because I straighten

my "currly hair".  (Hi Brandy!)

This one may hurt a little more, if you are

ever in a management position.  You'll

just have to suck it up, though, because

you know that are just doing your job.

I hope, and expect, that you will never have to endure this one. 

Even if the employee does come to you later and

apologize for saying this for no reason.

As Elise's 7th birthday approaches, I can only hope that she gets all positive compliments about her in her life.  And Tim and I, as her parents, will spend every moment ensuring that she does.

Well, OK.  So we may have to try EXTRA hard...



We love you Elise!