Fast forward to this afternoon. A very cranky little girl who only slept for four hours last night and didn't take a nap today happened by said stack of tests while I was working with Imma on her homework. She came into the living room a few minutes later with my pen in her hand and started writing on one of her toys. Of course, I took it away immediately, and then realized, if she had the pen from the table, chances are she had written on the tests, too! I rushed into the kitchen and sure enough I found some of her beautiful artwork all over one of my little friend's math tests. Luckily, it was just one test and it was just the cover so I think it will be alright. Nevertheless, I have learned my lesson about leaving writing utensils anywhere near where Lu Lu can pick them up!
I learned something else quite interesting from this experience as well. I didn't notice it at first, but when I looked more closely at Lucy's apparent scribbles, I realized that, down at the bottom of the page, in the corner, very tiny she had copied the student's name. It wasn't completely legible, his name has 5 letters in it and only 3 were exactly right but it was good enough for me to be able to tell what she had done and for Brian to see it, too. Copying is a pretty difficult skill, especially for someone who doesn't know all of their letters, has poor fine motor skills, and can't really reach the table. I was pretty impressed that she was able to do this. It makes me wonder what else she can do. But I am not so curious as to ever leave her unattended around valuable school work again!
I wanted to post a picture of what she wrote but it's legible enough that you can actually read the child's name so I decided not to post it for the sake of his privacy. So, I will just post a cute picture of Lucy instead!
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