They don’t give official report cards until June for J.K. so they ask the parents to come in and observe their child in the class and then meet with the teacher after class. Yesterday Graham and I went to school with Andrew. Before we left the house Andrew asked if we were excited to go to school with him and “see how excellent I am”. We replied with a chuckle and said, “actually we are excited to see how excellent you are.” The morning was pretty boring for us, but we did see how excellent and intelligent Andrew is. Mrs. Marr told us that Andrew was one of her most intelligent students and that he is functioning at the level of her S.K. students. He participates in discussions and always has the right answer, he’s her only J.K. student who can tell her the next number in their counting chart, such as what comes after 24? With a bit of help he can count to 100 and he’s been writing sentences. He does really well with his independent work and following the instructions, she said that she always helps the J.K. with that work but she never has to help Andrew. The only negative thing she said was that Andrew is bossy and he occasionally hits, kicks or spits. She has come up with a reward program to help Andrew always have a good day. It was nice to hear that 99% of the time he is excellent.
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Merry Christmas! (Part II)
Hello everyone. I though I would write another post to clarify some things for Christmas. We are to spend $50 plus tax on our “pulled names” gifts.
For Christmas Eve gifts we have upped the value of the gifts to $10. Remember for the game to work it is VERY important that you tell no one else the contents of the gift. (I mean you Hilda St. House – esp. Mom) hahahaha
I already have my Christmas Eve gift! Everyone is going to want it!
Happy Shopping! Can’t wait to see everyone at Graham and Lisa’s house on the 3rd.
Poppy update
Hey everyone I have set up a flickr page for Poppy.
Poppy’s got a new hat
Here she is in her “outdoor” outfit.
What does Jackie Chan have for lunch?
Kung Food
November 2006 Banner (Welcome Poppy!)
Jason prepared a new banner for the newest addition to the family:
Hopefully we don’t have to wait until the next baby for a new banner 🙂
Poppy pics
A few pics from her first day..
There is a light at the end of the tunnel
I saw Julie, my midwife today, and we are booking an induction for Tuesday November 14th. Hopefully, I will go into labour before then but it’s really nice to know that there is an end date to all of this. In the meantime, I’m going to try all the tricks I’ve heard about to induce labour naturally. Wish me luck!
Updated family image gallery
I’m sure everyone will want to see the new baby, but since there’s no new yet (but soon!), here are some updates to the gallery:
- 20060902 Mom and Graham’s Birthday Party – I know, a little late in posting this, but better late than never
- 20060905 Andrew’s First Day of School – Some pictures from Andrew’s first couple of days at school
- 20060908 Andrew’s Surgery – Pictures of us at the hospital for Andrew’s tonsillectomy. Don’t worry… there are no gruesome pictures.
- 20061014 Trip to Toronto Zoo – Pictures of our trip to the Toronto Zoo with Lisa’s parents
- 20061016 Matthew’s Swimming Lessons Pictures of Matthew and Lisa at Matthew’s swimming lessons
- 20061016 Trip to Happy Rolph’s Pictures of us at Happy Rolph’s Bird Sanctuary
- 20061027 Andrew’s Class Trip to the Pumpkin Farm Lisa went with Andrew’s class to a pumpkin farm before Halloween
- 20061031 Halloween There aren’t many kids in the neighbourhood (we only had 12 knocks on the door for a total of 18 kids), but Andrew and Matthew had a good time
Merry Christmas!
Just to let everyone know, we pulled names for the Christmas Gift Exchange.
And here goes….
Nanny | buys for | Brie |
Dad | Alisa | |
Mom | Julia | |
Jason | Graham | |
Alisa | Lisa | |
Lisa | Mom | |
Graham | Nanny | |
Julia | Dad | |
Andi | Jason | |
Brie | Andi |
Happy Shopping!!!!