Did I tell you that I named my "inner princess" Celia Grace? Two of the most precocious, smart-mouthed, divas I have in my kindergarten classes this year! They are very smart, obnoxious, bossy, loud, funny, feared, revered, artistic, always-right, beautiful little girls!
Celia told me one day to come look at what she did - she had cut a pattern of holes in her socks in her lap under the table when she finished her work early. Didn't know why I was so upset... Grace convinced all the kids at her table that it was a great idea to draw scribbles ON the brand-new table, like "frames." She had no idea how hard crayon was to get off silestone - but she does now, after 45 minutes and a sponge each for her and her "crew."
Neither of them cried - just met it all with more curiosity.