And That’s….the Truth

Yesterday both of the kids brought home a permission slip to go on a field trip with their classes.  The funny thing about this was that although Daniel is in grade 2 and Kara is in grade 4, they are both going on the same field trip on the same day.  Both of their slips were requesting parent drivers.  So I filled them out and said that I would drive one child from one class and the other child from the other class.  This worked out great for me as now I only have to take one trip with both children.  What’s the chances of that ever happening again??  It’s kind of like a family outing now isn’t it??

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Yesterday the kids came home from school with their report cards in their bookbags.  First of all let me say that they both did awesome!!  The teachers were very pleased with their progress this term and they had no serious problems at all.

My son’s (grade 2) was pretty much what I expected.  I knew he was having a little trouble in his spelling so her mentioning that didn’t surprise me at all.  But what did surprise me, was how well he is doing in math!  His math skills are above the grade 2 level.  Awesome!!  Now all we have to do is work on that spelling.  Other than the spelling and the fact that he’s a lot like me (he likes to talk, hehe), everything was great.

Now my daughter (grade 4) did excellent!!  She got five A’s and one B.  Super!!  Her teacher was highly impressed with her work as she did miss quite a bit of time this term due to a serious illness.  So her teacher was amazed that she did so well considering all that she missed.

I’ve got to tell you all that we were so impressed with the kids grades and performance this past term that we took them out last night and let them pick out a toy.  My son asked us why we were buying them a toy because of good report cards when normally they only get a reward if they grade.  I told him it was because of the AWESOME job they both have done and because we were so proud of them, we decided they deserved a reward.  He was fine with that line of thinking.

Can’t you tell that I’m one proud momma?!

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It’s bound to be an exciting day at my house after the big yellow school bus pulls up this afternoon.  The kids will be bringing home their report cards.  Now I pretty much know what to expect, but you can never be real sure until you actually see the grades on the report card.

I’m figuring that my daughter (who is in grade 4) probably did pretty good on her’s.   She takes school very seriously and even takes homework extremely seriously as well.  She loves to do well in school and she works very hard at her grades.  I have signed quite a few tests for her over the past couple of months and they all have been really good.  Now my youngest son on the other hand (who is in grade 2) could be a different story.  Right now he is at the stage in his life where he’s not real crazy about school and it’s a fight every night to do the homework.  Most of his work should be OK, but he’s spelling probably won’t be.  He won’t do bad enough to fail, but I know there will be a few comments concerning his tests.

But, all in all I think the kids did pretty good as I haven’t had any phone calls in the past couple of months.  And, if they did in fact do good we are going to take them out to supper tonight as a reward.  I’ll be sure to pop back in tomorrow to let  you all know how well the kids did.

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This morning my daughter informed me that she has made a decision as far as school goes next year.  When she was explaining this to me, she had such a mature look on her face.  She has decided that she is not going to join choir again next year, but she will keep playing the violin.  It’s funny how things can change.  Before Christmas she had this same exact talk with me, except she was going to continue with choir and stop taking the violin lessons.  But she had changed her mind.  She is really starting to love violin again (now that she can play some real songs) and is starting to find choir a tad bit boring.

Who knows?  Maybe by next year she will have changed her mind again.  But until the end of this school year, she has to continue in both as she agreed to stay in both programs for a year.  She looks so mature when she is making her decisions.  I guess I’m just having a hard time believing that my “baby girl” is growing up.

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My kids are doing awesome in school. I have already been told by both their teachers that both of them will be passing this year. That means my daughter will go up to grade 5 next year and my son will go up to grade 3. So because of all their hard work this year I have decided that I am going to get them something different and unique this year for a grading present. I have decided to purchase a couple of engraved plaques with their names, grades and ages on them. They can then hang them on their bedroom doors and show everyone who comes into the house their accomplishments. Because this is March and June isn’t that far away, I’m going to have to order them pretty soon so they will have them the day they come home with their final report cards for the year.

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As many of you know, my 9 year old daughter has been taking violin lessons through her school.  She was off to a rough start at first as she got quite sick before Christmas and lost a lot of violin practice time.  But, she is one determined kid and has worked very hard a getting caught up with her classmates.  Yesterday I received a message from her violin teacher that her class has been entered into a violin competition.

My daughter is so excited about this.  She now has the confidence built up and I know that she will do her very best.  So at the beginning of April she will be headed off to her very first competition.  I know all the children will do an awesome job and I am just so proud of her.  I can’t wait until April so I can see her perform.

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Today I got a phone call from the guidance counselor at my kids school.  She was calling me to tell me that my daughter, who is in grade 4, was chosen from her school to go to a summer camp this summer that is really far away.  They only send one child per school per year and this year they picked my daughter stating that she is the most well-rounded child that they have in their school right now.  That is a great testament to the type of child and student that she is.  Now this opportunity is an awesome one, but I have a lot of reservations and concerns.

To be able to attend this camp, she must fly on an air plane.  Not only has she never been on an airplane, but she has never stayed overnight anywhere other than home.  She will be gone for nine days and will need to fly to her destination and back.  This trip is ALL expenses paid and is probably one of the best opportunities that this child will have in a very long time.

I know if I asked her if she would like to go, she would say a definite yes!  But, I don’t know if I can get passed my two biggest concerns.  One being that she will have to fly back and forth and the other being the fact that she has never been away from home.  She will be 10 in August so I know this is the time that I should be letting go just a bit.  But, she’s still my baby!!

What do you all think??  Any advice?

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Well you know that the Christmas season is looming before us when all the Christmas celebrations and activities start to take place.  Tomorrow night is my daughter’s first violin concert.  She will be displaying how much she has learned over the past couple of months as well as playing some Christmas tunes for us.  She also has her choir concert tomorrow night as well.  So this will be a busy night for her.  Next Wednesday is my son’s grade 2 Christmas concert and he has been very busy practicing (in secret) for this event.  He won’t tell me what he has been practicing and just keeps telling me that I need to go to his concert to here all the surprises.  So for the next couple of weeks we will get too watch the kids perform and they are quite happy to be able to show off their talents to us all.

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When my daughter got off the school bus yesterday, she was so proud. In her hand’s, she had her own violin. Actually it’s the schools, but for the year, this will be the violin that she plays on and learns on. Last night she was in her room and she was practicing. She informed me that she was really happy that she got into the program and very happy that she didn’t quit when she was thinking about it. So now that the violin is home and in her room, I think she will practice like she is suppose to and I honestly can’t wait to hear her progress over the next few months.

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The kids in our area are extremely fortunate to have access to our local rink during school time. Every year each class goes skating at the rink at least four times. With two kids in school, that means eight (early) trips to the rink each season. This year I was really lucky and both of the kids first skates were yesterday morning. For the first time in three years, both of their classes were on the ice together. The kids were really excited about the thoughts of this and they had made plans to skate together the entire time they were on the ice. This didn’t happen. My daughter is a faster skater than my son so she kept taking off on him. But that was OK with him as he has a blast skating by himself. I did manage to get them together for one picture so I was happy. Thankfully I took the picture when I did, as five minutes later my son fell on the ice, hurt his head and was done skating for the day. (He is OK). This opportunity won’t come again this year, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it may happen again next year.

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