Yesterday, GBD (the wife now has a nickname and feels loved via teh internets) had her second and final parent-teacher conference of the year with Ms. Bianca and Ms. Maria. Ms. Bianca said that it would only take a minute and it was going to be pretty much the same as last time.

GBD was told that urchin 1.0 is the star of their class. She's a great helper, she has excellent manners and uses them, and she's great with all of the other kids.

She is also very advanced both artistically and academically. She counts higher, knows more colors, letters, numbers, shapes, etc. than everyone else. She can also write the entire alphabet in upper and lower case letters.

I am repeatedly astounded at how well she draws and colors and the stuff she knows. Here are a couple of her recent drawings. The first is one of Joe and Blue from Blues Clues:

Most of you probably don't know, but that dog is freaking awesome if you're familiar with the show.

The next one was a letter. One day while playing with Jack and UnkTodd, UnkTodd pointed out a smooshed dead frog in the street and explained to 1.0 that that is what happened to things that didn't look both ways before crossing the street.

She asked a couple of questions, and then prompty said "I want to send a letter to the Red Cross so they can fix the frog." I explained that I didn't think they could do anything.

She replied "Sure they can. He's flat and is out of blood. The Red Cross can bring him a bag of blood and make him all better," and she proceeded to "write" this letter, which is more of a drawing that tells a story.


See? There's a cross, it says Red Cross, there's a frog on it's side (which she made me draw), and a bag of blood.

How great is that? In addition to everything else, she's also a compassionate soul.

I can't believe she'll be four years old on Sunday. I love her so much and am proud of her every day.