After a year of dragging her feet and go-slow protests, of “whyyyyy daycare” and “I like school more than daycare” and my personal favourite, as the mother of a new baby: “but I need more rest,” Raeli woke up this morning, dressed herself in her uniform including knee socks and shoes, not the sandals she’s always fighting for, but proper sneakers, and came in to show us. She then went to the toilet, had breakfast and cleaned her teeth, all efficiently and calmly. I didn’t have to nag once, for anything.

Wow. Just wow.

Next year she’s in full time school. I’m sure a morning like this won’t happen again until the stars align some time in the next 12 years or so, but right now it feels pretty good.

Tags: family, raeli