Coming To An End

Second grade is almost over! We will be working through summer to help Haidyn catch up. I don't understand how at one point I thought he was so far ahead and now it seems as if he is so far behind.

Patrick was off for two weeks which was wonderful, but we tend to not stick to our schedule when he is around. The first week we totally blew it, but I counted it as our Spring Break, however the second week I tried harder to maintain our schedule. I did better but not as well as I would have liked.

I'm wrapping up our work, & I think the transition into Summer School will be flawless. The only thing I don't think we will finish is our study of Dinosaurs, it is a pretty thorough one & fun.

Haidyn seems to be doing well with most subject if you help him. For instance, he will ace a test if I allow him to take it orally, however if he sits by himself to take same test he will literally fail it. What's that all about? I'm hoping this is a maturity thing & it is something we will be working on over the summer.

Have to watch what I say these days, I'm always joking about how I don't like children (but am I joking?) & not sure how I ended up with two, Haidyn & Nina. Haidyn has started hugging me when I say that & commenting that I love him etc. I think it makes him feel insecure & probably always has but I believe he is starting to really love Patrick, Nina & I & the thought of leaving us is tragic to him -- to be honest to me as well. Nina often tells Haidyn that she loves him & I'm glad of this. For lots of reasons, 1. She fills a need she has to be demonstrative with her affection 2. she fills a need that Haidyn has to hear that he is loved, both good things.

I have also come to the determination that Haidyn doesn't push me, behaviorally, as Nina did. That just isn't in his nature. Sometimes due to his age he gets things confused. We have started looking confusing words up in the dictionary. Today's words were Hare, Pane, & Timid. I really think he got a kick out of looking them up & I think it is finally dawning on him that he can actually learn from looking things up. Hopefully it will also help him remember the words & their meanings. That remains to be seen.

Dance recital is next Saturday & I'm so excited to see Haidyn strut his stuff. We have signed up for dance next year -- Jazz.

This summer we have a pretty full schedule, Tennis which he is really enjoying, twice a week for two week intervals. The next two weeks he will be swimming at the YMCA. I put him in an advanced class. Hopefully he will do well & be challenging to him, more so than the baby class I had him in last year -- but who knew! ha

Also he will be doing Sailing for two weeks & then a terrific Art/ Nature class for a week. All exciting stuff!