Emma survived 7th grade - 4th quarter was a little rocky with some 7th grade girl drama, but we survived - yes we, because parents have to listen to it, help through it and really try to explain how it really is no big deal even though at the time - its the hugest thing in the world. She had straight A's through out the entire year except for 1st quarter she got a B in math and language arts - I have no idea why, but she got it all back to A's after that. One day at school, Emma and 2 friends showed up wearing pretty much the exact same outfit - too funny!
Then for spirit week they rocked the 80's loud and proud!
Eli did great in 2nd grade. He was very proud being in the highest math group. He raced through all his work without any problems and we never helped him with homework - we loved it. The teacher loved how smart he was but wished he would have spent a little more time on his weekly essays - we on the other hand - didn't care :) At the end of the year assembly he got the music award - again. He told him brothers that they just called him up there for "his" music award since he got it the last 2 years. Also during the assembly they showed a 2nd grade slide show - when his picture would pop up you could hear a few people shouting "Eli" in the room - he is quite the popular little nugget. The very last day of school Eli asked if he could wear his skin tight under armour tank top and I told him to go put on a nice shirt since it was the last day of school - he said, "but mom, I want the kids to see all my muscles!" - and he was being serious!
Eli and Mrs Cummard
Tyler and Tyson did awesome in 1st grade! We were very nervous to separate them for the first time, Tyson did just fine and had no problems...Tyler was very reserved and kept to himself at the beginning of the year, but by the end he was very confident in himself and would raise his hand on occasion and speak up and had his own friends - it was a great thing separating them and they are still best friends when they come home...we couldn't ask for anything better.
Tyler started out in the bottom of his class but by the end of the year he had straight A's and kicked butt in math, but has to work harder at his reading. He got the "Mr Scientist" award in his class because he loves science so much!
Tyler and Mrs Lapham
Tyson and Mrs Nelson
I still carried mom guilt around with me this year because I forgot to celebrate the twins birthday in kindergarten so I made sure to fix that this year. The second to last week of school I asked the first grade teachers if we could pretend the next day was the twins birthday and they both thought it was a great idea. I told the boys that night that tomorrow is their pretend birthday! They were a little confused at first and it took a bit to sink in that they were not actually turning 7 yet. They each got to bring in donuts to class and got to wear the birthday crown. They came home smiling from ear to ear and LOVED all the attention they got from their class. They asked me, "why didn't we get to do this last year?" I told them that I was sorry, but I forgot to do it...then Tyler quickly piped up, "It's ok, you are smarter this year!"
The kids came home to the traditional "welcome home" with the new grade numbers posted next to it.
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