Here we are into March already. It is so exciting to see the snow melt. We have definitely lost ice poundage over the last three days. The temperature has been nearly 40 degrees--talk about a heat wave. Steven even said he saw a robin yesterday. I can hardly wait to hear the robins begin singing there love songs :) It is one of my most favorite tunes.
I am terrible at taking pictures and that is one of the reasons that I have put off posting. I have no illustrations to go with my thoughts. However, I thought it was high time that I said something--before too many more months pass.
Andrew is doing really great in school. He has over 100 math objectives passed off, over 135 reading objectives and still loves school. His piano playing is advancing steadily. On Friday he has to play before a judge for Festival and have his playing critiqued. Kind of scary if you ask me, but he just takes it as it comes. Over the last five or six months he has been playing basketball with the same team and coach and has gone from clueless to proficient. He is one of the best dribblers on his team and has played point guard a few times. His shooting is improving and he guards his guys like he wants to hug them. We have been very entertained. They won most of their games--so they are a little cocky, but it's good to see him feel good about something. He has one more session of basketball we signed him up for which will begin in about two weeks--I'm glad to see him busy.
Andrew also got his Bobcat badge for cub scouts and since I am the Wolf Den Mother (and I have to work on things) he is passing off a lot of requirements.
Steven is doing really good. He has his Masters Degree in Administration now. I'm so proud of him. It was a LOT of work. He is busy applying for principal jobs now, but so far things are looking kind of bleak--with the recession there are not a lot of jobs for principals either. Some Principles are over two schools now. I really hope it begins to look up soon.
I am still busy working in the resource room. I work with mostly first and second grade and one little kindergarten boy who is actually really smart and should be exited from the program. I also have started working with a little girl in a wheel chair. She can't talk and her limbs are not very supple but she is smart. She is just trapped in a broken body. She reads and does math as well as the other children I work with. She tries to communicate with sign language but struggles because her control over her hands is limited. She has a great Aid who helps her a lot and has the patience of a Saint. It has been a real learning experience for me and has taught me different methods of teaching I was unaware of before.
Hope everyone is well. March 15Th is the Ides of March--when Julius Caesar was assassinated--not a pleasant thought, but now that we too live in a real republic of ambitious men and women we can feel a little more understanding for old Julius. Smiles and friendships in politics carry the same promise. We don't know when the knives will fall either.
I am terrible at taking pictures and that is one of the reasons that I have put off posting. I have no illustrations to go with my thoughts. However, I thought it was high time that I said something--before too many more months pass.
Andrew is doing really great in school. He has over 100 math objectives passed off, over 135 reading objectives and still loves school. His piano playing is advancing steadily. On Friday he has to play before a judge for Festival and have his playing critiqued. Kind of scary if you ask me, but he just takes it as it comes. Over the last five or six months he has been playing basketball with the same team and coach and has gone from clueless to proficient. He is one of the best dribblers on his team and has played point guard a few times. His shooting is improving and he guards his guys like he wants to hug them. We have been very entertained. They won most of their games--so they are a little cocky, but it's good to see him feel good about something. He has one more session of basketball we signed him up for which will begin in about two weeks--I'm glad to see him busy.
Andrew also got his Bobcat badge for cub scouts and since I am the Wolf Den Mother (and I have to work on things) he is passing off a lot of requirements.
Steven is doing really good. He has his Masters Degree in Administration now. I'm so proud of him. It was a LOT of work. He is busy applying for principal jobs now, but so far things are looking kind of bleak--with the recession there are not a lot of jobs for principals either. Some Principles are over two schools now. I really hope it begins to look up soon.
I am still busy working in the resource room. I work with mostly first and second grade and one little kindergarten boy who is actually really smart and should be exited from the program. I also have started working with a little girl in a wheel chair. She can't talk and her limbs are not very supple but she is smart. She is just trapped in a broken body. She reads and does math as well as the other children I work with. She tries to communicate with sign language but struggles because her control over her hands is limited. She has a great Aid who helps her a lot and has the patience of a Saint. It has been a real learning experience for me and has taught me different methods of teaching I was unaware of before.
Hope everyone is well. March 15Th is the Ides of March--when Julius Caesar was assassinated--not a pleasant thought, but now that we too live in a real republic of ambitious men and women we can feel a little more understanding for old Julius. Smiles and friendships in politics carry the same promise. We don't know when the knives will fall either.
3 comments:
Glad to see a post! :-) I was about to give you a hard time! You forgot to mention your birthday is coming up too! You'll be 26, right?
Maria it's so good to hear from you, I love your writing!
Good to see you update!! Congrats to Steven on his Masters!! And I'll bet it's just awesome to watch Andrew play basketball. You write so well, I can just picture him working so hard.
Love you, hope you had a great birthday!
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