Macy Brag!!

Okay, I am going to start out today by wishing my dad and grandpa "HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!"! Both big years for each of them (60 and 90 respectively)!! Then I am going to say that this week has been awful for illness at our house. Macy and Vince went to the doctor's today only to get sent to the hospital so that Vince could get chest x-rays done. Turns out that Macy has bronchitis and Vince has pneumonia. At least they are still in good moods!

Okay, now onto bragging about Macy. She really does impress me daily (this has been going on since the day she was born). She is in first grade now, has brought home excellent report cards since her school career started, is in the top reading group in her class (which only has 4 students in it) and is at the highest level of reading in her whole class. Has only missed one spelling word all year and receives praises everytime I see her teacher. Though great in reading, the whole math/science/geography is what she is more interested in. She is still the budding artist and this past weekend announced that she wants to be an artist of animals when she is grown up. When asked what an artist of animals does, she said "paints animals, of course!" and then included examples such as an illustrator for encyclopedias and other books in which animals would need to be painted. She is still taking swim lessons and karate lessons, though she keeps saying she would love to sign up for gymanstics......again. She has also joined the Brownies (first and second grade Girl Scouts) this year. Tonight was her big ceremony in which she received her Brownie pin. Sorry the photos are grainy, I didn't realize until I got home that the flash wasn't working!