Tell me how you really feel...

I found this "note" that Kenzie wrote over the weekend when she was frustrated about working on her monthly book report.

Notice that there is a sad face and happy face...one is crossed out and one is circled.

Sometimes it is easier to write your feelings down then to yell and scream.

Mackenzie is a good kid.

She is also a good student.

She is also pretty hard on herself...stresses too much.

(Wonder where she gets that...maybe her mom.)

Well, with each month, the kids are assigned to read a book and do a report/project.

The kids have a month to do this assignment.

Well, for the month of February, they had to read and make a puppet. That part Kenzie was okay with. (Give that girl a craft and she is in Heaven) BUT it was the other part of the assignment that scared her; getting up in front of the class and give a report on the book as the puppet.

NOW that is NOT Kenzie's favorite thing...she gets that from her Dad.

I enjoy it.

In fact, I remember dressing up as "CC the clown" in my fifth grade class for an assignment. There is no way that Kenzie would enjoy that...hence the hand written note she wrote when she was feeling stressed with this assignment.

Well, today after school Mackenzie was full of smiles for a couple of reasons.

1. Her puppet was done

(it is a warm fuzzy if you couldn't tell.)

2. The assignment was done.

AND

3. She got a PERFECT score on this assignment!

With that bright smile of hers, she handed me her book report assignment for the month of March.

Really???

Can I get a break?

Not a day to relax from February's months assignment?

Where is MY piece of paper to write my feelings down?!!?