A decision

I decided to put Aunica in the 3/4 combo class next year. I can't be positive that it will be the right choice, but I feel confident that she will rise to the occasion and be the bright student she is. I spoke with 3 teacher friends about how combos work and I spoke to her teacher a couple times about how Aunica will grow in this situation...so we are going to do it. The drawback is that the girls she has been in class with for the last 2 years will not e with her, but there are lots of kids in the class she will know. It will be good too, because there will be some 4th grade curriculum she will pick up just being in the class with them. So, here we go---another adventure on the journey that is our life!

We're going to Disneyland!

I kept the kids home from school and we are headed to Disneyland! Every year we try to go one school day with my mom---we hate the crowds, so we like to go on weekdays. I am hoping it won't be too crowded because it just makes me anxious with lots of people. I realized yesterday that Aunica hasn't been in at least 2 years...I took Jack regularly last year when he wasn't in school yet. Now it has been about a year since he went as well. My mom, sister and nephew are going with us so it should be a fun day! Then, a week from Thursday we are pulling the kids out of school right after lunch and we are headed to San Diego with Ken's parents. We are taking a mini-vacation. We will be staying the night in a suite at the Hyatt Mission Bay and then we check out the next morning...we are going to Legoland! Whoo hoo! We haven't been there since Jack was 3 years old, and I am sure it is going to be awesome! :)

Okay Kelly...It's Saturday finally!

Okay, so it has been Tuesday for awhile...as pointed out by my dear friend Kelly. So I guess I should update on everything around here---are you ready? Well, nothing really is going on here. I just finished up on a couple very busy weeks at Aunica's school and now we are going to run through the home stretch of this school year. We had the campout at Aunica's school last night which was fun, we ate dinner there, played some games, I talked to some friends and we made smores. We came home about 9:30--we didn't want to tent camp in the school field. In other news, Aunica is going to 3rd grade next year and her teacher has given me something to ponder. I can have the choiuce of whatever 3rd grade teacher I want, so now I have to decide whether or not to push/challenge my kid. There will be a 3/4 combo class next year with a really nice/loving teacher and I really would loveto be her class mom and to have her be Aunica's teacher. But I have never thought that Aunica would do well in a combo class but her teacher told me she thought it might be good for her. So now we are thinking about putting her in the combo class. They say the combo class student doesn't need to be the brightest or top of the class (she is smart, but not GATE) but they should be independent workers. She has become good at this...she tests advanced in math and language arts on benchmark and state testing so I know she understands the materials that she is being taught, but she doesn't always apply what she is learning to her work. Maybe a combo class will help push her into applying things more.

Jack will be starting regular Kindergarten in the Fall at the same school as Aunica...whoo hoo, I will finally have both kids ate the same school YAY Nothing else to report I guess. Talk at ya soon I hope,

Kelly...I am so happy that Ash finally is cleared to get some aids. I hope she enjoys them as much as Jack does. When we put them on him for the very first time he said "hey mom, I'm back"...it makes me teary just thinking about that afternoon. He was so excited and he has totally blossomed in his speech and sentence structure ever since. He has progressed so much that he no longer qualifies for speech (although they are going to keep him in a maintanance program for another 6 months) and he is at grade level or above grade level in everything! :)