Update on the Boys

Once we walk Jon Michael to school in the mornings the rest of the day basically becomes a free for all for Jalyn. We don't keep a set schedule, at some point during the week we go to the library, grocery shop, pay bills, run errands, "do homeschool", etc....but most days Jalyn gets to decide what he's going to play that day. This particular day he wanted to bring his scooter inside and pretend to race so that's exactly what he did! Notice Samson isn't around....to many close calls.

Oh, in case some of you are picking your jaw up off the ground b/c you saw the words homeschool in relation to me and my kids, don't be fooled its not at all what you're thinking. Jesus has not appeared in person, grabbed me by the shoulders and said, "Carrie, thou shalt homeschool!" (Watch it happen now!!!!!) Its just that Jalyn wants to go to school so badly that he started saying that he was homeschooled. If we read he says his teacher told him which book was best to read, if we're working on our letters and numbers or playing a learning game he raises his hand and calls me teacher.....pretty cute but so sad also! He's gonna drive us crazy this summer as he counts down days until he can go to school. But I'm so glad he's seeing Jon Michael loving school so he wants to go and enjoy it also.



That leads me to the next news, we found out last week that Jon Michael is in the gifted and talented class. Last year you could request to have your child tested to see if they were "gifted", well what parent isn't going to say, YES test my kid, of course they're gifted!!!! ME!! I didn't do it...not because I didn't think he wouldn't do well but because I don't ever want to pressure him in the area of school and take away the fun that he's having right now which is one of the reasons he's learning to love school. Well, his kindergarten teacher "clustered" him into the class when they were assigning kids to classes this year. So without even having to be tested or the pressure of seeing how well he did he got in. We're super proud of him but also trying to keep ourselves in check b/c we don't want him to ever be dissappointed if he's not in it later. Last night was curriculum night and they said that they move much faster than the other classes, they don't have snack (so sad!) like the other classes, they are already doing word problems for math (yuck), and they really do expect excellent behavior along with grades.....YEAH, I think its exactly what Jon Michael needs, he loves reading big kid books and is proud of himself w/o being snotty but he's having a hard time understanding why his other friends aren't learning the things that he is.

This is the fun news for Jon Michael this week, he's finally lost both teeth, the second was absolutely awful getting out and I was right that he was scarred from the first experience...I'm sure the neighbors thought we were killing some kind of wild animal! But he's super excited about how his teeth look right now b/c at recess he gets picked to be one of the vampires.....lovely huh?