I can't believe it's been almost two months since my last post. Oh how guilty I have felt for not posting anything. Life just got in the way - it's been a very busy last two months of school and unfortunately I had to sacrifice something - my blog posts. I had plenty of posts circling around in my head but never had a chance to actually write them down. But here I am once again, with a few moments to record my thoughts. I can't believe that yet another school year has gone by. My little girl is almost halfway through elementary school. She will be heading to third grade in the fall. THIRD GRADE. Feels like not too long ago I myself was sitting is Mrs. McBrien's class learning how to multiply numbers and write essays. Now I am a parent of a child who is learning so much more. Of course, given the competitive nature of the world today, she is a year ahead of what I learned at that age. But she seems to be handling it all in stride. It isn't easy - the spelling tests, the multiplication tests, the expository and narrative writing assignments, the various projects. That's a lot for a 7-year old to handle (let alone her mother). And then you add in the extra curricular activities - piano, art class, Sunday school. Needless to say, it's kept us very busy. So I'm quite ready for the summer vacation to arrive.
And then there is Daniel...my soon to be preschool graduate. Not even really sure where to begin with him. This kid has really thrown us for a loop with his abilities. His spelling, reading and math skills are far beyond what we could have ever imagined for a kid his age. The other day I opened up the first Harry Potter book and ask him to read the first page for me. Here's a snip-it of his reading abilities:
His spelling abilities are just as confounding. I guess the more you read, the better you can spell:
I guess you could say he is well prepared for kindergarten. Well, educationally that is. Socially might be another story. We're nearing the end of his second year of preschool and he's just begun to feel comfortable there. Even up to a few weeks ago he would still cry when I dropped him off. This wasn't something he did consistently throughout preschool, it came and went, but there was many a day that he grabbed onto my leg as tight as he could and cried his eyes out when I tried to leave. Of course he was fine the minute I was out of sight. Since he's been with most of the same kids for two years, he's pretty comfortable around them but still prefers to do his own thing on the playground most of the time. He'll interact when kids come up to him but he's not one to start a conversation. Next year will be another adjustment for him. He is familiar with the elementary school since he comes to pick-up Allison every day and attends all the school functions with us but going from a school with a 100 kids to a school with 1100 would be an adjustment for anyone. Somehow he will manage to survive, as will I, but I know it won't be easy. I'll be at their school quite often given that I've volunteered to become the Treasurer or the PTA board next year, which is essentially a full-time job (can you believe they trust me with all that money??). In the meantime, we are going to enjoy every minute of summer break because I know it will come and go and before we know it we'll be back to the craziness of a new school year.
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