Go For the Gold

Is anyone else addicted to the Olympics? I cannot stop watching them. I am not sure if it is just because they are on later in the evening so the kids are asleep (I love when the house is quiet!) or if they are truly entertaining. A little bit of both, I'm sure.

Onto deeper thoughts... the kids start school on Monday. I thought that because I am a teacher that I would feel less anxious each year about my kids going to school. For heavens sake, they attend the school I work at, I hand pick their teachers, and I see them during the school day the way most parents are never able to.... and yet I worry....

I pray that Kevin's teacher will be strong with him, and help me fine tune his work ethic (he told me this summer that he need not read this summer, he would just do it when school started!) Too bad for him that it doesn't work that way in our house, and he has had to read 13 chapter books this summer! Kevin is going into 3rd grade.

I pray that Jerome will continue to grow and be accepted by his peers as we prepare for middle school in 2 short years. His teacher is my mom again this year, and that is WONDERFUL... We had a speech/language evaluation done, and he will start therapy as soon as the insurance gives the okay, 2 days a week for 30 minutes. I pray that the therapy will help stop his stuttering... and that he will continue to fill in pot holes of experiences he is missing. I call them pot holes because the road looks like it is paved until you get right up on it, and then boom, pot hole... not all bad, he has just had 8 years of missing experiences that leads to pot holes other kids don't always experience. Jerome read 30 chapter books this summer! YEA! He is going into 4th grade.

I pray for my daughter who is so smart academically that it gets her into trouble. She is like me, and likes to talk.... (can't fault her for being like her mommy!) I pray her teacher will be able to challenge her. She is already reading independently (wanted so badly to be like her older brothers!) She can already add and subtract 2 digit numbers without regrouping too. She read 12 picture books this summer. Kendra is going into 1st grade.

Tomorrow is Meet Your Teacher. I will be working, so the kids will have the babysitter take them to their teachers. This is okay because they have met their teachers before... but I wish that I could take them... I am excited about seeing my class. I am looping with the same kids I had last year for 4th, I will teach 5th grade to this year.