When asked to write a paragraph about Katie for her 6th grade teacher I thought her future self might want to know what she was like in 6th grade.  🙂

To whom it may concern:

Katie is hard working and thrives on positive reinforcement.  She loves to joke around but will follow directions to the letter when asked.  She is an exceptional reader and has a very good memory.  She is also very good at math but MUST understand the concept behind the steps or she gets very frustrated.  She will doggedly pursue that understanding and may need to be told to step away from it and come back to it to lower the frustration level. She is a good problem solver and only needs minimal instruction to perform complex tasks or projects.  However when partnered with other students in the past if they did not do their share of the work she did the entire project herself rather than complaining or getting a poor grade.

Socially Katie is very kind hearted and does not like to hurt others feelings. With this she tends to be the peacemaker among friends which can get her drawn into drama and may be misinterpreted if all the facts are not uncovered.  She is working on standing up for herself in a kind manner.

Overall she is a great student in any environment but will thrive even more in a good one.

Thanks for taking an interest in our child! Of course we think she is fabulous!  😉

Diane McKinney

Daddy, “So Hannah, I’m done with my chores, what do you want to do today?” Mommy, “Yes, it’s your last day of freedom.” Hannah “I know, that’s why I am trying to think of something EPIC.” 8 yrs

Mommy to her friend “Yes, Hannah has her outfit all picked out for school.  Katie what are you wearing?” Katie, “I’m winging it.” 11 yrs.

She did it!!!

The night before at rehearsal

When telling Katie that buying children things like boberry biscuits after the EOG’s was a good investment and getting the “huh?” look, I explained that children are our future and who was going to take care of me when I was old. After all I took care of her when she was young.  To this she replied “Daddy!” Then I said Daddy was going to be old too.  So she then announced she would be getting us a “Nanny, A Granny Nanny”.  Thanks Katie. Love you too! lol!

Now this one is an official BET so it’s for the record! Katie INSISTS that when she goes to college which will be NC State by the way, that she absolutely WILL want to live at home.  I told her when she got to that age should would probably be sick of us by then and want to live on her own but she was adamant that she would want to live at home.   So for the record I told her it would go on the blog so I could say “I told you so” later.  :p