I take the girls with me to the grocery store everytime I go weekly shopping, simply because they love to “stroll” in the shopping carts. We’re...
Continue reading...August 2005
Joseph is a red/black belt!
Joseph is officially on his last belt before his black belt. Now starts the “rigorous” training program to get him to black. And, this is the...
Continue reading...First step to evaluation complete
I met with the school principal, his teacher and the exceptional children’s teacher to sign the paperwork and authorize the school system to conduct “tests” and...
Continue reading...Emi, the walkin’ Mickey, goes it alone
Email from Ron: “Emily just stood up in the foyer and took four good uncoaxed steps before she decided to sit down.” This is significant because...
Continue reading...A very, very, very bad day at school
Joseph successfully completed 7 days of 3rd grade and then came today. I’m not sure why my son acts the way he does. I don’t understand...
Continue reading...A room with a view
It’s taken me a while, but I finally got to the series of photos I took to show the view from our room in the house...
Continue reading...Cursive!
We got a nice note home (pre-printed thing) indicating we should ask Joseph about something that went on at school today. It said something about how...
Continue reading...Teaching Spelling – Day 1
Joseph and I butt heads when I try to teach him stuff. He lasted about 15 minutes, but then the 2nd 15 minutes were draining. I...
Continue reading...Meeting with Joseph’s teacher
I met with Joseph’s teacher today to discuss his “below grade level” status with language. It’s really spelling, writing, reading and reading comprehension that are the...
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