My Smart Cookie

Here's a face many of you wouldn't have seen before on this blog, this is my eldest daughter, 7 year old Abigail. Tonight's post is all about her as I am really rather proud of her at the moment.
She's such a loving girl, she's funny, she's smart, she's creative, she loves to read and generally she is a great big sister.
Abbey's had 4 days off school as she's been a bit ill, she missed last week's spelling test and subsequently missed out on getting her new spelling words until Wednesday this week when she went back to school. She's in the top spelling group in her class and her words this week included "impressive" "enough" "pressure" "discussion" and "expression" All up she had 15 words to learn before her test on Friday... and she did it, and nailed the test with a perfect score.! She was stoked as she had been so worried about getting a word wrong (she's an absolute perfectionist!)
Not only that but her behaviour has picked up big time in the last 3 weeks. We've had one or two "moments" but all the fighting that had been going on between us over the last few months finally seems to be settling down. I can see how hard she is trying to be good and I am putting in my best effort to diffuse situations without shouting all the time or nagging her. It's working great not just for our relationship but also the whole family seems calmer.

I'm also trying to get some earlier nights so I am not so tired and cranky..and on that note....goodnight!