My kids know how to do school.

The girls are out of school three days this week, which also means time for conferences. We saw Duchess's teacher yesterday, and Skipper's teachers today. The upshot of both conferences, which is not a surprise, is that my kids are both very good at the game of school. Skipper's teachers produced particularly rave reviews, perhaps because they don't know about her less impressive traits and behaviors (unlike Duchess's teacher, who, after 11 months of teaching her, remains enthusiastic about and fond of Duchess, but definitely sees her pretty clearly). We did take the opportunity to let Skipper's teachers know that part of the reason that she's so on-task and resourceful about independent problem-solving is that she's terrified of exposing any vulnerability, and they seemed to take that information as interesting and helpful, as we had hoped.

Anyway, both kids are bringing their A game to school every day, as it were. I can continue to worry about other things!