Recap

Just a few things that have been happening around here. Tuesday night I had some "girl" time with some friends getting a Mary Kay facial. Always fun to try out different make up colors. Wednesday night Valynn had a sleep over at the Johnson's. The other three kids went over there while Mark and I went out for supper and then did some shopping. We had a wonderful meal at Granite City and can't say enough about the wait staff. The kids had a great time and Valynn can't wait to do it again. Yesterday Kyleigh had her follow up appointment for her ear, it's still red so she's on another antibiotic. The good news is she has slept for a 5 hours stretch the last four night, now that I've jinxed myself, onto other things. I got my "boot" off yesterday, I can now wear matching shoes again, hooray.

And now for our brag, we had Valynn's conferences last night. The teacher said she almost called to cancel because there isn't anything to discuss. Valynn is doing wonderfully, she gets along well with others, her work is top notch, and Valynn is respectful. The only area to improve on is she sometimes gets sloppy with her writing and coloring which we know is her sign of boredom. Her reading is still scored at a 3rd grade level because she is having trouble with the critical thinking and the teacher is going to try to work on that the rest of the school year. An example of this is if in the story Anne mentions her brother but the brother isn't actually part of the story, Valynn needs to be able to infer what Anne thinks about the brother. All in all a wonderful report and Valynn is headed to 2nd grade next year. We joked with the teacher on why Mark is now the one checking her math homework. See I was checking it but missed a couple that Valynn got wrong and so Mark thought he could do a better job. I still think he should check it while cooking supper, answering questions from Mason and Valynn with Kyra throwing a tantrum at your feet while Kyleigh is crying in the background just to see how well he can do it. So far, Mark checks it after supper when it's quiet.

We are having a nice relaxing day at home before we're off to the races this weekend. The kids have meet the coach for teeball and softball, Valynn has soccer practice, Valynn has bowling with Girl scouts, and we have friends coming over. Sunday we have church and Mason has soccer practice. Well, back to reality, laundry needs to be folded and Kyra is ready for her nap, now if only she will nap (she didn't yesterday).