Teachers don't feel bad..

Teachers don't feel bad when your first grade student questions your homework. She isn't doing it to put you on the spot. SIGH..sIgh...siGh..sigH

So, here is the scoop. Coy has reading books every night. Sometimes more than one. She gets a sticker on her sticker chart when she reads them. On the top of the chart it says "25 books" not "25 days". So, she started bring home 5-7 books a night. I just let her read them to me. I would sign her off and write how many books. Then this week started and she asked the teacher why her sticker chart wasn't full since she read way more than "25 books" this past two weeks. The teacher told her that the point was one sticker per night. So, Coy told her then she needed to put that information on the chart instead of "25 books." So, as a teacher you should just say "I am glad you pointed that out. I should probably fix that in case someone else is confused." Then move on. Please don't dwell.

Still she is bringing home that many books and I asked "why?" She said, "Well if I don't get a sticker per book then I am just going to read all of the books she has so she can't send any more home with me." Again I asked "why?" She again replied, "If there is no more books in her class to read, maybe she will find something worth reading." Oh child I don't think that is the point.

This has all started because she wants to prove some point, why I don't know. But I love her and am glad she can read and comprehend what she reads. She just understands too much sometimes and then she is head strong.

Coy I love you and I am proud of you. Please just be nice to your teachers.

cAlLiNg ThE tOoThFaIrY.....

This is her fifth tooth since September. I don't think that they should be falling out so fast. She lost three on the bottom and only two grew in and there is no room for a third. Then she has had a loose tooth on the top for a long time, in fact, when we went to the dentist this last week they tried to help it out but it was just barely hanging in there. And then yesterday happened and it fell out at lunch. We forgot to get the tooth ready last night and then today at school she lost another one. She was eating a pear when it fell out in the last five minutes of school. This wouldn't be so bad except if you can see the newest tooth isn't coming quite how it should be. I see braces in our future....yikes! I am sorry toothfairy, she is just trying to break the bank. Oh, how she is growing up....sigh.

Oh how I love you!

Oh Taft, I sure do love you. I love when you smile. I love when you try to talk with me. I love your blue eyes. I love that your colic is getting better. I love that today you have decided that you can roll. I love that you are a part of our family. I don't love that you have blown out of every diaper imaginable because you got a little bug. I am sorry and hope you continue to grow strong and be happy. Love you little king (as Jacoy calls you) or funky monkey (as Bridger calls you)