Saturday, September 1, 2012

End of the Week and More

Okay so I didn't post on Thursday because it really wasn't one of the best days and by the time I had time to sit and blog, I didn't want to do it.  So, I ate a bowl of Blue Bell ice cream and watched Chris Christie (I am a huge fan of his boldness and honesty) at the RNC that I had recorded.  Everything about that put me in a better mood.  I really don't know why Thursday was so rough.  The kids were great and we went to Meet the Teacher at Eric's school, which was fabulous.  I just had a mental breakdown on Thursday.  Everything came to a head for me and I wasn't coping well at all.

I have to admit that I am a perfectionist and I hold myself to high standards.  Sometimes too high (well, that's what people tell me) and lately I feel like I am constantly failing myself.  I try to keep up, and lately, I just can't.  I keep praying that I can pull it back together soon or that I can identify what the problem is.  So far, no luck, but I can still hope and pray.

Anyway, school is going really well for Alex.  He is happy and eager still.  When we went to Eric's Meet the Teacher, he was a bit shy, but was happy to see his Pre-K teachers and a friend of his that he has known for a few years.  His friend seemed overjoyed to see Alex and they spent almost an hour talking and laughing.  It was really nice to see him have a close friend.

Friday we all ran around like chickens with our heads cut off.  We were preparing to go out of town on a surprise trip for the boys.  The to-do list was long, and honestly I think only 3/4 of it was completed and some that was completed wasn't completed very well.  I have decided to keep Alex's work load on Friday's light.  We did a page of math, a spelling test and some free reading (he got to pick a book from his shelf to read to me).  Alex did great with everything.  His spelling test we got them all correct orally, and he spelled the two bonus words correctly, but in the written test he misspelled cub and bus.  He reversed his B's and D's so he spelled cud and dus.  His dyslexia frustrates him a lot, but we are working on it together.  We have some ways we are handling it...I should do a whole separate post about that.  Anyway, I encouraged him and told him that we would work on it.  Also, I realized on Thursday that cursive really aggravates the dyslexia and when I was having him write his spelling words from an assignment in his book he was getting VERY agitated by the whole thing.  He wants to learn to write in cursive, and I would love for him to learn it too, but I think we will work on neatening up our printing first, then we will branch off in to cursive.

Well, last night we took the boys to the Congress Bridge in Austin.  We rode a boat under the bridge and watched the bats emerge.  It was an amazing experience and Alex was in animal heaven!  I think we will be doing a whole unit on bats the month of September.  I want to build a bat house and stuff like that.  I love that we can use our play time as learning time, and really that's what it is all about.

Well, we are off to the big surprise for the boys.  Believe me, I know I will have a post and pictures for this one.  So excited!

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