very quick update!

I have a computer momentarily, so thought I’d stop in and give a quick update on the kids. I don’t have enough time to recap the entire year, unfortunately.




But here goes – Joan started Kindergarten this year, and is doing so well! On her first day, I asked her if she had fun. She crossed her arms, pouted and snapped “NO!” When I asked her why, she said “Because they didn’t teach me how to read!” She has a full-time aid, who she shares with a very high functioning autistic boy. You would never know he was autistic-he just appears really shy. But he needs an aid, because he has a hard time understanding. Her teacher is pleasantly surprised with how well she’s doing. She was the first in her class to win number Bingo, she loves music class, and participates fully. She’s still Joan, though. When I asked her teacher how she was doing she said, “She has quite a stubborn streak in her, doesn’t she?” She’s even made a friend! She and this little girl go off together side by side after class to play ponies. It’s so cute!



John’s doing well, too! He has a male teacher, who he thinks is awesome. “He’s like a professor, but for little kids!” I think that comes from French camp, where he got to spend a day hanging with a real Biology professor at the University- his first encounter with a male teacher. And after all the trouble last year, he has yet to go to the principal’s office once. Not even a detention! The teacher saw his temper flare up once, and was shocked! He told me that he’d been warned about John, but hadn’t seen any evidence of anything they said until that moment –he was a model student, and eager to please. He has been taken back in to reading help, but on a weekly basis, instead of daily – a vast improvement! He spent a month of summer in reading tutoring, and it has definitely paid off.



Anyway, better go. Mike needs the computer for work now. I’ll try to sneak on here every day or two with more little updates – about all I can handle these days, but it’s better than nothing. And with pictures too! Pictures soon.