Proud Mummy Moment

For years I have been reading all the mum's comments on their little darlings making them proud, and I am pleased to say that although my girls make me proud every day, I have had a real, puff out your chest, proud mummy moment.

Last week I was picking Ardyn up from preschool and have a couple of the staff pull me aside to make comment on how smart she is. I wasn't surprised by this, as I have always known that she was 'a little bit ahead' of others, but they started really stressing HOW SMART SHE IS, and that it is also a delight that she is so social. I was a little chuffed by that.

Then the next day one of the ballet mums rang me to tell me that our ballet teacher had made comment about how well behaved, respectful and talented my daughter was. And that over the last 20 years she has seen the behaviour of children deteriroate and how refreshing it was to teach such a girl.

Okay, now I was feeling really proud.

It wasn't until this morning when she got out a prereader (that she'd never even seen before) and started reading it to me. Now I completely understand that kids can memorise books if they are read them enough, but she had NEVER seen this book before. I had never seen this book before. It was really basic (The cat and the rat sat on the mat. The cat can see the rat in the hat.), but she read it to me. I felt my eyes well up.

I spoke to the staff at preschool a bit more in depth when I dropped her off, and it seems as though she is performing at the level of a child in early primary school. This kid turns 4 in two weeks.
And I have to stress that I am NO WAY the mum who drills my kids with flash cards, or corrects their grammar every 5 minutes. I believe in letting kids be kids, and if anything, use the TV as a babysitter FAR TOO MUCH, and encourage them to just run around and twirl outside like idiots. I do believe in books, books and more books, and they are everywhere in our house. But this is simply amazing me.

I just had to share my proud mummy moment. I am in shock. This is all happening too quickly. Where's my baby gone?