Good Enough?

 

Looking at the two pictures above can you tell which one is Hannah's and which one is Hailey's?

 

OK, maybe it's more obvious than I joke about but seriously?!  This. Is. Me.

And it scares me- sort of.

 

When I pulled these sheets out of their bag I had a flashback to elementary school.

 

Me:  "Hannah- did you color this?"

Hannah:  "Yes.  And I drew those number 5's, look at that one it looks really good."

Me:  "Yeah, that 5 is awesome but let's talk about this coloring.  Is this really how you color?"

Hannah: "No."

Me:  "I know you can color in the lines and better than this.  What's up?"

Hannah:  "It takes too long and just want to get it done so I can play with something else."

 

I remember being just like this when I was younger.  Well...who am I kidding?!  I am still like this.  I was never one to really care about the quality of the assignment.  If I wasn't passionate about what I was doing I worked to get things done- not done well.    Can I color in the lines?  YEP- perfectly if I really wanted to but I do feel like it was ever important to do everytime I colored?  Nope.  Never.  Especially if you were asking me to color a bunch of worms.   I was never one to get raving reviews on assignments and was NEVER complimented on my handwriting skills.   I couldn't even count the number of times I heard "She has so much potential if she would just apply herself".....ya think this is my kid?

 

I think so.

 

Gonna be an interesting time when she starts school.

 

P.S.  Maybe this coloring is actually pretty decent for a 5 year old and in that case I apologize to the other 5 year olds but Hannah can do better than this.  This was a scribble job and she knew it.