Alex came home from school today and told me that on Thursday her grade will go over to the high school for a tour. So cool that A gets to experience that when everyone else does. While I'm sure some of the kids from her grade have already been in the building, it will be the first official tour for everyone. Also on Thursday is my first parent/teacher conference for Alex. I will be meeting with her ESOL teacher to discuss the score A received on her placement test for English as a second language. She scored pretty low, which is fine by me because it affords her more assistance on the upcoming standardized tests that she will have to take. Her conversational English speaking skills are quite good, but her reading comprehension and spelling skills aren't up to par.
On Sunday our friends had a "Grand Opening" event for their new store, Fido's Market (www.FidosMarket.com). As a family we helped out with the event. Alex had fun running all over the place and as she *loves* dogs she was in heaven getting to play with so many different ones. We even got to see a very cool K9 demonstration which I think helped change Alex' opinion of police officers for the better. Let's just say the police in Ukraine are a bit different that the police in America.
The Fabulous Miss A was a little tired and cranky this morning. She didn't want to go to school and as a result dragged her feet long enough getting out the door that she almost missed the bus. She had only gotten a few feet away from the house when the bus pulled up about 130 yards away. She just stopped. Jeff yelled to her to RUN! She started to run, made it about halfway and stopped again. Jeff yelled to her to RUN! again. She made the bus, and it's a good thing. It would have been one thing if she had an actual reason for missing the bus, but to miss it because she simply didn't *want* to catch it just isn't going to fly with me. A is a very good girl, but *S*T*U*B*B*O*R*N*. I'm pretty sure that she thought maybe, just maybe, if she missed the bus she wouldn't have to go to school.
Spring break is coming up in less than two weeks. I plan to put the three kids in the car and drive down to Grammy's house in FL. Jeff won't be able to make it, but we should have fun anyway. And when we come back we will be able to attend a family gathering at my mom's house for my nephew, John, who just returned from Afghanistan. Can't wait to squish him! :)
I've had to list Ashley and Dennis each once as tardy for "bad mornings". Those are "real" tardies instead of excused ones. I guess that is the opposite of Dad checking them out of school early for "FUN".
ReplyDeleteThat's good...listing the reason as a "bad morning". I like that one. :)
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