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Fortune Cookies

Yesterday we got Chinese for dinner and of course a fortune cookie.  Madison's fortune was along the lines of your most desired wish will come true.   I remember the word desired because she asked what it meant.  I asked her, what do you wish for more than anything? She told me she wanted to move to purple at school.  The behavior chart at school is purple (over and above), green (doing what you should), and yellow and red are not good.  

We do encourage her to get to purple and talk about what she could do to get there.  Well, today Madison was the first in her class to move to purple!  So, funny.  She got into the mini van at car circle yelling at the top of her lungs "I GOT TO PURPLE TODAY!".  I am so proud of her.  I keep telling her to let her little light shine.  She was exceptional today during show and tell.  Which was bring something that was your favorite color, can you guess?  PURPLE.  She told us that she had to wait patiently because her turn was near the end.  That is why her teacher moved her up to purple because she was so good during show and tell.  

The cutest part of the day is after we got home she whispered to me "my fortune came true". Okay, I don't believe in fortune cookies or all that jazz but how cute is that? I completely forgot about the fortune cookie until she whispered to me.  Mark got her a happy meal for dinner because she shined today.  She loves school and has been a great kid the last three weeks so a little surprise seemed appropriate.  

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The Fo'Zaglia's said…
We had just finished Chinese food when I read that:) Another of Madisons cute stories.
September 6, 2008 at 12:42 PM
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