October 30--the boys had the day off of school for parent teacher conferences. I was able to talk with Blake's teacher at 7:30 and then Dylan's teacher at 8---this way we could have the rest of the day to play.
Blake had been the Superhero student. He had to fill this out and it was up in the 3rd grade hall. One of the things that I love about Texas is that he can write that Jesus is his hero.
Update on Blake at school--his teacher is a tough grader I learned, but he was struggling a little in the begining of the year with his creative writing so we worked on it at home. Well, he has improved a little in this, but she has found out that he is fantastic at writing with exploratory writing (non-fiction) writing. So she is working on him with that, building his confidence by showing how good he is with that. He is really, really good in math. She showed me the district assessment tests and the questions that every kid got wrong...except Blake...he got them right. She adores Blake and loves that he wants to learn. Once again, we feel blessed to have a great teacher for Blake. There are a lot of good teachers at this school, but I sure feel like Mrs. Gullickson is a great fit for Blake.
Update on Dylan--well, his teacher said it, "Dylan isn't just a little bit above the class...he is a lot above the class." She is impressed with his reading and math. He knows how to add and even subtract (some subtraction) without counters. She also said he is great in science. She said that she wished she had 22 Dylan's in the class because then she could skip to class every morning. There is one kid in the class that is a pain--my words, not hers. They have had to pull in the assistant principal or principal almost every day. I don't know why parents think it isn't okay to well, parent their kids and make the schools try to teach the kids discipline and how to behave. Anyway, I feel bad for her, so I told her to send stuff home with Dylan for me to work on--cut out, etc. She has to spend a lot of time helping this friend. Anyway, Dylan is doing great and this was a shocker for me...is one of the fastest kids to get unpacked, or packed or get to the rug for circle time. I feel like he is slooooow sometimes, but apparently he is the Flash compared to these friends. Kindergarten teachers have so much patience!! We are so grateful for Mrs. Robinson. We loved her with Blake and we love her even more now!
Once I got back, we headed over to the park since we don't get to go very much anymore. We saw some friends there too.
We also went to the library, carved our pumpkin, worked on Dylan's homework and then went over to dinner at our friends' house, the Wright's for dinner. They are new in our ward and they are pretty amazing. Their oldest is 17 and youngest is 4. They are CPAs and she is a runner....love her.
