Progress Reports

I'm so very proud of Aidan!!!

So far this is the best progress report. Of course there are "S"'s and "W"'s (working on skills) which really doesn't mean much but it was the teachers comments that made my day!

"WOW! Aidan has shown so much improvement in his work. He is speaking and participating in class a lot more. Keep up the great work!"

Lucky for him we were already going to take him to play mini golf tomorrow for the first time but now we can tell him it's because of his work at school :) As hard as the bad times are when they are happening, the good ones always out weigh the bads.


On a side note, The phrase it takes a village...Could not be truer! I want to thank my neighbors who have always done small things like bring over freshly baked sweets :) yum!, let me borrow milk when Skylar ran out or picking up Aidan at the bus stop when I was stuck in traffic trying to get home (like yesterday I was stuck in traffic because of the shuttle launch, I live on a main road everyone takes to the beach) From moral support, to a shoulder to cry or vent on or potty training tips & tricks: It takes a village to live successfully and happily. I am very grateful for the people around me that help out in the smallest ways and they may never know how important they are even by one single easy act.

Aidan's Drawings

Today this was in Aidan's folder from school. The back of the paper says it is a practice draft whatever that means. Aidan said he was asked to draw family... I said then who is in the picture? He says that is me & Britney (a girl in his class) I love the houses with a heart over their heads!!! so adorable. He also tried to get their features exactly like they really are. She has blonde hair and Aidan says always has a flower bow in her hair as seen in his picture.

Why do children love to pack things?

Here is the end result from the Massey Ball lol and my neighbors skill at tieing a tie.




Why is it that children (or maybe just my children) love to pack things into bigger things? Skylar comes dragging a really heavy little bag full of Aidan's cars & trains into the kitchen this morning and says "it's too heavy, you take it" She is so adorable! I find toys and cars and hair clips shoved into purses and backpacks and boxes all over the house. I find at least one surprise daily around here. She gets into my Tupperware drawer and pulls them all out and will leave them all around the house with trains in them. Have you ever stepped on a metal Thomas The Train? They hurt! I think they hurt worse at 1am on your way to the bathroom. :)

For Christmas, Skylar got a pack of Toy Story Characters (the good guys) and they are miniature (about 2 1/2" tall) and she plays with them all day everyday. She transfers them from one box to another purse, I find them stuck on top of the windows where they lock! It has Buzz and Woody, Jesse, Bullseye, Barbie and Ken (even though he came in the bad guy pack she thinks he's a good guy) and as soon as she leaves them somewhere she's crying for me to find them again. Well we lost Bullseye. The horse I'm sure is hiding in a couch cushion somewhere or under a shoe, or in a shoe probably! I find toys in my shoes by the font door.

to be continued.. (someone is having a 3 year old tantrum at the moment)

It has been awhile.

I don't think that an hour is enough time to get Aidan ready for school in the morning before the bus comes. Plus me and Skylar at least presentable to be seen at the bus stop (haha) and make his lunch, fill out his "blue" folder/make sure his homework made it into his folder. You think I would do all of this the night before? Nope, not really :) We have been running late to the bus stop everyday this week. Aidan hit 100 days of school late week so they did a party with all of the other Kindergartners and also a family poster we made which I didn't get any pictures of so I will when he brings it back home. We did 100 food & drinks since well, I have a lot of grocery ads lying around lol. Also this week he had to make a "mailbox" for his desk for Valentines Day. I'm so excited!! I hope he really enjoys his first Vday at school with a party and all of his cards. Again, I haven't taken a picture of his box yet either but I will post it on Monday after he gets home so I can see all of his cards. We were supposed to turn it in on Friday but we were running late to the bus stop- go figure!

Actually I made Aidan 5 Chicken nuggets that I cooked in the microwave and I laid them on a paper towel on the counter to cool off before I put them in a zippy bag then into his lunch box, I've done this every morning since school began (mostly, sometimes it is a peanut butter sandwich) and never had any problems. Then right before we leave I put them into his lunchbox along with his juice box. On Friday I went to grab his lunch and there was only 1 chicken nugget on the paper towel. SKYLAR!!!!! I asked her is she ate his nuggets and she laughed and said yes (with crumbs on her face) So I had to make more then quickly put them in the freezer to cool off. So we forgot yet another homework assignment as we are running out the door as the bus is pulling up at the end of the street. *sigh* Also Skylar is in pink plastic high heels! But that is a story (with pics) for tomorrow. We have a banquet for Joe's work this afternoon and I have to go find a neighbor who can help teach me how to tie a tie. LOL that is something my mother never taught me and again, a story for tomorrow with pics.