Smartest Girl Ever

Nancy called me in shock while I was at work today. She was at our house with Bailey while the new furnace was being installed. Bailey was avoiding a nap at all costs, and insisted on playing with her heart. You remember the peg boards with the plastic beads, you could make designs and when you were done iron them so they would mesh together and keep their shape? I bought one for Bailey awhile ago, a heart shape. She hasn't had the attention span to put a plastic bead on every peg, she usually makes the outline and gets about half of it filled in when she decides she's bored and puts all the beads back in the package. Apparently I've just never let her play with it while trying to avoid a nap, she now has a beautiful melted plastic heart. What we do with it now is anybody's guess, I'll probably add it to her project box. Dennis gets mad at me cuz I save everything, all of her projects from preschool were taking over our house until we found a box to put them in but I wouldn't let him throw anything away. Anyway, that's beside the point. Nancy called to inform me that a three year old should not have the dexterity and fine motor skills to pick up those little pieces and place them on the pegs. OH, so THAT'S why the box said ages 5 and up only. I had no idea why you wouldn't give them to a three year old, I brought it home a few months ago and she's done great. This is also my little girl who was promoted to the fours class a couple of weeks ago in spite of the fact that she won't be four until April. Do I have to wait until she's five to put her in Kindergarten? Tonight we were reading her new library books, she picked one about Sacajawea. I broke it down for her into syllables: Sac-a-ja-we-a, and made her repeat them with me. Then Saca-ja-wea. Saca-jawea. By the third try she can now say Sacajawea, tell you she is a Shoshone Native American (yes, the HR side of me will not allow her to call them Indians) who helped Lewis and Clark across America and has a baby like her Shelby. She was very concerned about the warrior who stole Sacajawea out of the river, we had quite the lengthy discussion about strangers, especially those who ride horses and have a lot of paint on their faces. Whatever, the point got across to not talk to strangers or go anywhere with them.