Today, Hayley brought home some homework. Which is really not as bad as it sounds, it’s not like she was sitting at the kitchen table, sweating over algebra for three hours. It’s just so funny though, to think of myself as having a kid old enough to bring home some homework.

It’s actually fun stuff. Homework in Kindergarten includes reading the library books that she brings home on library day (we’ve read her current one, Patchwork Cat several times, and it’s quite cute), and today’s homework doesn’t even need to be returned until next Monday. She was sent home with a sheet showing how to write your letters and she has to write out her full name on the lined sheet that comes with it. Hayley’s been writing her name for over a year now, but she only ever really learned the capital letters, not small letters. Also, the school tries to get them to learn to write the letters in a certain way, which is something new for Hayley since she usually writes her letters from the bottom up rather than top down.

Still, she caught on pretty well and practiced all the letters a couple of times, then wrote her name once. We’ll keep at it for the rest of the week and then send it back.

I can’t believe I sat at the table with one of my daughters doing homework, it almost seems impossible. It seems like only a few years ago that I was sitting at MY Mom’s kitchen table, doing my own homework. At this level it’s fun. When she hits high school algebra and chemistry, I hope she doesn’t need my help!