One of the things that was mentioned on Rachel's report card (more on that later) is that she needs to work on her organizational skills. It's true, she's not the most organized kid in the world -- although, as Drew points out, she's organized about stuff she cares to be organized about.
Tonight was one of those times. She insisted on dragging the huge bag of Girl Scout cookie rewards that her troop earned for selling lots and lots of cookies (Rachel sold the second-highest number of boxes, yay!) from my trunk and wanted to organize everything right away. I told her that she had to set the table and pick some basil for me for dinner and THEN she could start organizing. And she had to do everything in the study.
Well. She got right to work. On the study door she posted a sign, "Do Not Disturb! Sorting in progress." And then (at my suggestion) she made signs for each of the girls in the troop and divided up all the prizes (sunglasses, T-shirts, patches, etc.) into piles for each girl (there was a piece of paper that said what every girl had earned, and Rachel followed it to the letter).
After dinner Drew and I checked out the piles, which were quite neat and orderly, and Drew praised her profusely for her initiative. See, when she puts her mind to being focused and responsible, she can do anything.
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