So proud of my little geek

I suppose most parents spend at least some (if not a great deal) of time envying other children. I know that my kid has probably been the source of envy for a good many parents. She's always been smart, well behaved, disciplined and done well in school. Nonetheless I find myself frequently worrying about the opposite of what most parents probably worry about. "Is she taking enough risks?" "Why won't she run around more and be more energetic?" "Does she have to follow every single rule to a tee like that?" I know, it's laughable. Still, I really wish she would learn how to ride a bike!

Nonetheless, I find myself with the silliest irritations:
"Mabel, for the 5th time, please stop reading that book!"
"No, it's not time to do your homework!"
"If you don't do what I say, I'm going to take that workbook away from you!"
Yes, I can actually threaten my kid with taking away workbooks and bribe her with brussel sprouts.

Today, her joke was "I were..."  "It's incorrect grammar!" Mabel just died laughing at this.

So, today was my day of gratitude for my little geek. I picked her up from school where I ran into her piano teacher, who raved about how good she is and asked if she was in gifted (duh!). When we got home, she asked if she could do her gifted homework (which isn't due for a week). I had to coax her into taking a quick break to help me make rosemary tofu. We ate dinner - tofu, rice, Brussel sprouts, which she loves. She made a grammar joke which she thought was hysterical. The only problem with her doing her gifted homework was that we didn't have time to practice piano before dinner. She totally understood and agreed about doing what you need to do first and what you want to do second. She took a shower all on her on - start to finish, yay! Then read books. Which still remains one of her favorite activities.