LEAP Assessment Test

Ok I have to brag a little!

Well, I dropped Gabriel off today for the LEAP (Learning Enrichment and Acceleration Program) Assessment Test. I'm proud and excited for him. Only 18 out of the 400 Kindergartners in the school district (which is both on and off post...it's strange here) were chosen to be tested today. We will find out sometime in the next two weeks if he scored high enough to go on to have an IQ test done and then if he scores high enough on that then he will be accepted into the program. She said that some of the Kindergartners have trouble with tests (who doesn't) and when they get more accustomed to school and taking tests then they are accepted, but that they usually get in the program when they get to the 1st grade. Either way if he makes it or not I am still extremely proud of him. Being one of the 18 chosen says alot for me!

Kindergarten Memory Quilt

So, I was thinking the other day that there will be a TON of stuff that I would want to keep from his school work. I was just thinking of how much space it would take up. I did read somewhere, where a mom would let her kids decorate pizza boxes and they would only save what would fit in the box each school year to cut down on clutter. Well, I also got a order form for a school t-shirt. So that got me thinking. Since we will only be at this school for half the year, I was going to go ahead and get the shirt. I am going to make a memory quilt for him. The t-shirt logo will be the center of it and I'll print off 1st day of school photos and scan in work he does to make the other squares of the quilt. It will be something that can be folded, rolled, etc and will be easy to move with.

Mr. Independent

Well, the second day of school. I park and was walking him to the school. He runs over with 2 other boys and goes on in the school and totally forgets I'm behind him. So I do the stuff I needed to (had 2 questions). When it is time for them to go on to their classroom from the cafeteria, Katheryn and I are waiting outside the door to tell him good bye. He comes out and says hey and starts to walk off so I ask him if he knows where his class is. He looks to the left and then to the right a few times and shrugs his shoulders. I point and show him and off he goes. No bye mom or a hug. :-( Oh well. I am glad he is enjoying school. He told me that he didn't get any sticks in his chart yesterday and he got a ticket for being good. They get sticks in the chart when they are bad.

Well, this morning he tells me he doesn't want me to walk him to school. He could do it himself. Well on the way there he says I can walk him to his classroom, but when he gets there he's changes his mind again. *sigh*

It was going to happen sooner or later and I just need to let him build his own independence. Although, I'll always try to be there to watch over him even when he doesn't know it. He's still only 5.

First Day of Kindergarten

So today I was the crazy mom with the camera taking lots of pics. LOL Oh well. I was sooooo nervous today because he said he didn't want to go and wasn't excited at all about going to school. Well, when we got there he pretty much ran into the door and seemed to actually want to be there. Which was a little bit of a relief, but I was still worried because of how he acted last night and this morning. Turns out though he had a great day (which I figured he would, but was still worried).

Well his teacher had a bulletin board up outside the class, so I had him stand under his name so that I could take a picture.

I knew the day would go well when the teacher already had play doh set on the kids desks!

He just noticed us standing there waiting for him.

He was happy to see Tom there! Tom wasn't able to go with us when we dropped him off at school, but Tom got out of class early and was able to go with us to pick him up.

TGIF!!!!

I am soooo happy that this week is over. I am so exhausted! On top of Katheryn being fussy and having to have me hold her almost all day yesterday because she had shots on Wed, I had 2 appointments for Gabriel. We went to his Vision test, which turned out good! Yay! Then to the PX where he decided not to listen to me and sprayed perfume (one of the testers) into his eyes. So I went and grabbed some eye wash and cleaned them out in the parking lot. Katheryn then refused to take her nap and when she finally gave up it was time to go to his Kindergarten screening. Again he did good. They were actually surprised he knew as much as he did. What can I say, we have always just talked to him like he was "big". The strangest thing though is he still gets right and left confused (I think it's more he just doesn't care to learn it). He also still writes some of his letters backwards, but you can tell what he's writing. After that I thought it would be a good idea to go to the Commissary....yeah...what was I thinking?!?!? Ugh... I am soooo ready for this pregnancy to be over!

When I had my appt this week, we found out that the baby likes to stay way down there! I've been having extra pressure and can feel her poking sometimes. I go in 4 weeks to my 32 week checkup and physical so we'll see if anything is happening down there. I just hope that she decides she doesn't want to make her grand arrival too early! And this HEAT! Ugh, it's killing me. I feel so drained just walking out to the mailbox (which is in front of our house).

I would like to say that it would be a stress free, relaxing weekend, but the in-laws are coming to visit and should be here tomorrow. I just need a break after this week where I can just focus on something for me!

August is already here!

It is going to be a busy month! I registered Gabriel for Kindergarten today. Which upon getting home and Tom being here for lunch, told Tom that it was really boring! LOL So I have to take him Thursday for his eye appt and then his Kindergarten screening. Apparently Missouri requires a vision test (more so than what they do for his school physical) for kids entering Kindergarten. That would have been nice to know when I asked the reception lady 2 weeks ago! Oh well. Then I get to go meet his teacher next week (hopefully Tom will be able to get out of school in time to meet her too). Finally in 2 weeks Gabriel will be starting school. I'm sure I'm going to both cry and be relieved (though also be very anxious and worry). I think the hardest part will be remembering that school starts later on Weds. I don't think I'm going to know what to do with my extra time when he's at school. I'm sure Katheryn will be missing him too!