The First Grade Project

YES y'all! A project! Due TODAY in first grade! It's a diorama project... you know.. where you use a shoe box and all. At first I kept telling her, "We have to start on your project. Let's go get the supplies and get busy!" to which she would say, "What project? What IS a project?" Oh. That would be a problem if you had no idea what a project was now wouldn't it?

I was very proud of my girl though. We went to the library to pick out an animal book (because that's what the project is about, y'all. Animals.) and she picked out a horse book. Then we headed to Michael's where she picked out paint, scrap booking stickers with cowboy hats, boots, saddles and the like. She was really into it. Which was nice because I was seriously afraid that I might have to drag her around to find the stuff, but she was excited and tried really hard. But she painted her shoebox and added a fence, and a horse and we put in a little blanket and all... we added straw and oats (because that's what horses eat) and we put in a water bucket... it really looked pretty good!

They had to present their little diorama to the class today complete with the title of the book, the author and at least 3 facts about their animal. PRESENT IT TO THE CLASS! In first grade people! I am sure that I did this for the first time in like 5th grade!

SO she wore a little dress today and we practiced, practiced, practiced. She sat her daddy down on the couch this morning at 7 am to present her project to him... and all of the sudden she did something that she has NEVER , in HER LIFE, done before... she acted SHY!! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT ABOUT?? Her voice got all quiet and she was twisting around like some kind of shy kid... hello!!!!!!! WHO ARE YOU??

Who knows how this is going to go? When she brings it home I will take a picture of her with her little project and we will tell you the results! I promise... I am stressing more than she is over this. FAR more. What's that about??