Give them credit!

I am so proud of Madi
Every Friday Madi has a spelling test in her 1st grade class.  The test usually consists of 10 words.  This last week she had only 5 words on her list.  I thought it was odd but didn't think much of it after that.  So we worked on those 5 words all week long.  As we are driving to school on Friday morning Madi says, "Mom I think we might have more words."  I reassured her that I double check her folder and there were no other words to be found.  At 10am I went into Madi's class to help her teacher out as usual.  She had me putting weekend folders together that included the spelling test that they had just taken that morning.  As I start putting the tests into various students folders I'm noticing that there are double the words from what we had been practicing.  OH CRAP!! Madi was right there were more words.  I started to get nervous and feel really bad that I hadn't prepared my child for her upcoming test.  Every test that I filed that wasn't Madi's made me more and more nervous.....my stupid palms stated to sweat, seriously how DUMB!!  Most of the tests said 100%.  I knew for sure that Madi wasn't going to get them all right, there were some tough words.  I finally said screw it and just started flipping threw all the tests in search for Madi's.  I just couldn't stand waiting for the results.  FINALLY!! I came across Madi's test.......dang that girls makes me so stinkin' proud!!  100% with 3 big fat stickers and an A++ written at the top.  I sat back in the chair with relief.  She is so smart, smarter than I give her credit for.
Sometimes I think we look at our kids and think that they are so small and that they really don't know a whole lot.  But in all reality they know a lot more than we think.  They are constantly watching us and admiring us.  They are learning from our every move.  We forget that they are there because they are so small, but they hear us.  I really think that not only do we teach them but they teach us on a daily basis.