Good Morning Nap

Hattie is officially loving preschool. She gets so excited when it is a school day (she is doing 3 afternoons a week). She has 9 kids in her classroom. They play outside a lot. Other than that, I don't get a whole lot of information from her. Up until this point when I was not with her, she has been cared for by family who would always provide the highlights of her day. Now that the only 'contact' person is Hattie (and her teacher's letters), her days have become more elusive. More her own, I suppose. Occasionally I do get snippets, like there was a birthday party the other day, she was in charge of cups during snack time (and hopes to be line leader next...who didn't?!?). During her first week she came home and told me with a huge smile that she made two new friends (how sweet is that?). It is interesting moving to this phase in her life when she'll have her own friends, her own activities and personal experiences, and keep a world of information to herself. She's becoming even more her own person everyday. I love witnessing it, even if it can be a bit bittersweet.
Some extra reasons I love her:
She always stops to smell the flowers and notes how lovely they smell.
She tells me how nice I look when I truly get ready...which is not often. :o)
She needs a hug and a kiss before I leave the house. Sometimes even at 5:30am.
When I get home from a run she asks how far I went and then stretches with me.
She calls going to sleep at night her 'good morning nap', as in, 'when I wake up from my good morning nap can we eat pancakes?'.
My sweet love.

On the running front....shhh don't tell anyone....my training is going so great I don't want to jinx it by discussing. Shhhhh...4 weeks to go!