Kiddo Update

As the school year draws to a close I suppose it's time to give a big update on the kid's progress through life.

Sonny Boy is doing well. Finishes 1st grade this year and has done superb. Grades couldn't be better, he has a good grasp of reading now and math skills that will soon surpass his mother's. If you ask him he will tell you he didn't learn anything new this year, that it was all stuff he learned in kindergarten, but I just think he doesn't really realize the material is progressing. He certainly wasn't learning addition and subtraction and writing little paragraphs in kindergarten. Behavior wise he's done well at school despite the ADHD. Sonny Boy's teacher says she does have to get him back on track occasionally and he does end up losing some recess time occasionally to finish his work, not because he's having a hard time with the work, just a hard time focusing. He has had to sit out a little at recess for playing too rough at times but it hasn't been anything the teacher has felt the need to let me know about and we've been in contact via e-mail several times for numerous things. A good school year, I hope 2nd grade goes as smoothly. Baseball season is in full swing. Sonny Boy is playing machine pitch and is doing well. I would say he's in the middle of the pack for skill level and he has a good understanding of the game and where the play is. He does have some wild throws occasionally but he's still getting the hang. Summer looks to be busy with VBS, scout camp, vacation, swim lessons, baseball and of course swimming as much as he can con Mom into taking him to the pool. We went the other day after school and it was like most of his 1st grade class had convened and he had a good time.

Igor is moving along quite well also. Pre-school finished up a couple of weeks ago and he's making good progress. He can identify all his letters, count reasonably well, all colors, shapes and sing several songs etc. Doing well considering he missed several weeks due to the broken leg. Next year Igor will attend preschool three mornings a week as he misses the cutoff for kindergarten by 10 days. Really I don't see this as a problem because I don't think he's ready for kindergarten, he's a little emotionally immature. Igor is now wearing SMO's full time. They seem to help his balance and stability. We will go back to the orthopedic doc in September to evaluate their effectiveness but I imagine they will be a long term addition to his wardrobe. A week ago Hubby and I took Igor to see a genetic specialist at Children's Hospital and the doc - a nice British chap - declared that Igor certainly has a connective tissue disorder. He's not totally sure of which one as there are lots. The one he did mention doesn't quite fit Igor (I think) so we are waiting on insurance approval to get expensive genetic testing done. In the meantime we will take him to see a cranio-facial specialist to see if there is anything that needs to be done with his extremely high-arched pallate as anybody with two brain cells can see that is going to be an orthodontic nightmare in a few years. Igor is going through a defiant stage and testing his boundaries lately which is getting old. He's always been a very compliant child so this is new ground with him, not new ground for us though - we've been there and done that with Sonny Boy. Patience and consistency is our mantra lately.


We grown up kiddos are getting by too. Hubby is busy with work, but it's going well. He works from home a couple of days a week now which is nice as it save a ton of money on gas. I am getting to hate the ring of his cell phone though because it does seem to ring at unfortunate times but that's the nature of the beast. I've been busy shuffling the kids to and fro, house and garden work (though the roofers have MANGLED my flowerbed) and just generally maintaining us in a somewhat clean and orderly fashion. Nothing exciting, everything exhausting. That could be a blog post title.