3 months later

Long-haired Will ready for his Spring Concert

Hard to believe it has been 3 months. What kind of blogger am I? Not a very good one, apparently. It seems to me that once the new year hits, I lose my free time. Too many commitments, not enough time!

We have continued seeing Dr. T for Will's vision therapy. We have also used her for some tutoring here and there as well. She is a former teacher after all and she just loves to help Will, particularly with math, which is great cause that is where he struggles most! Chris finally got to take Will to VT and he got to try out some of the exercises Will does while he is there. He was impressed with what they do together and can see how it is so helpful to Will.

School has continued to go well. He has struggled here and there, mostly with motivation. He had a few projects during the 3rd quarter that he pretty much waited until the last minute to complete. I think 3rd quarter is the most difficult quarter anyway. It sort of drags on, it is winter and we are all stuck inside. The days are longer and there is lots of work to be done at school. But, we got through it. Report cards will come home later this week. I do think this will be the first quarter this year that he doesn't have straight A's. I think he has a B+ in Language Arts. But I see that as a good thing, really. We can get on Edline and he can see where he could have done better, particularly with some homework assignments and he could have ended up with straight A's again. I struggle with that, though. There is nothing wrong with a B+. Absolutely nothing. He should be proud, so I hate pointing out what he could have done better. But, at the same time, he really could have and should have had an A in that class based on what I see on Edline.

Will had quite a few sick days during this last quarter. A couple episodes of vomiting kept him out of school on two different days. Then he caught some virus with a fever and bad cold symptoms and that kept him out for 4 days. That resulted in lots of make up work for him. It has also resulted in some anxiety for Will. The vomiting through him for a loop. It happened at night, after he laid down to go to bed.  So, ever since then, he has had several times where he gets very nervous and anxious that he is going to get sick again. He comes in my room and says he has to throw up and he does NOT want to throw up. He gets so upset about it he causes his stomach to get upset and he ends up with diarrhea. This has happened a couple of times. He has decided he needs to talk to Dr. Nannie about it! So we are going to go see her tomorrow. Hoping that allays his fears!!!

Still going well...

This coming week is the last week of the 2nd quarter. Hard to believe that the school year is already just about half over. That is crazy to me. Before we know it, it is going to be summer again. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

I don't know if they are trying to prepare the kids for final exams or what, but Will has 4 tests/quizzes next week. That seems absurd to me, but it is true. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Ugh! So, now it is just convincing Will that it is worth his time to study! He knows it is, he knows he needs to, it is just a problem for him "choosing" to study over whatever else it is he would rather be doing.

Amazingly, he currently has straight A's. A few A-'s, but all A's. So, really he needs to rock these tests this week and the kid will have made the high honor roll again! Who woulda thunk? Man, oh man. He is just doing so well. I am so proud of him. He has such a different attitude about school so far this year and even homework. For the most part... Sometimes he reverts back to his, "Oh, I have a headache" or "Ugh, I am too tired to do homework", but for the most part he is agreeable and really puts his best effort into it.

He also seems to have, maybe, discovered girls. Well, at least one girl. Mia. Apparently she chases him everyday on the playground and takes his hat and tells him that she hates him. That is true love! He pretends like it bothers him, but then he keeps telling me about her and the things she does. Like, she found his tickle spot! It's cute and I figured bound to happen! Just so she doesn't go breakin' his heart. .Because if she does, well then she is going to have to deal with me!

Happy New Year!

I wanted to give a quick recap to our last month of 2010. The biggest, most exciting news was finding out that Will was chosen to be Student of the Month for the month of December. Woo hoo!

Student of the Month Dec. 2010

We got to go to an early morning (7:15am) breakfast in honor of the students that had been chosen. Each teacher gets to choose one child each month to receive the award. It was a big deal and Will was so very proud of himself. We found out about it in a letter he brought home from his principal. He had no idea what it said. I had just found it in his folder. I read it and then showed it to him. He, literally, screamed! He was just so darn excited. It was really very sweet!

Will up on stage after having his name announced.

It's not a great picture, but here he is after being called up on stage. Unfortunately, because of a snow day, the breakfast was pushed back a day and Will's teacher, Miss P, was not there that day. She was preparing for her wedding to take place two days later. So, he was given his award by his sub, Mrs. K, who is a retired teacher and well known and liked. He was okay with it. His other teacher, Mrs. K, came up to us afterwards and told us that both her and Miss P. knew Will deserved the award that month. He had worked so hard all quarter and they had both been impressed when he presented his Star Student report to BOTH classes, at the spur of the moment, when the other student was absent. He just rolled with it and presented to 50+ students and did great!

We are so proud. We also found out that Will's all A report card landed him on on the High Honor Roll. His name was even in the local newspaper because of it! Awesome!!!!! Again, he was so proud of himself and what he accomplished.

We've continued with Dr. T and he is doing real well there. She always comments that he is such a hard, self-directed worker. Makes a momma proud!