May 10, 2009
Ethan news
Not much new, necessarily. His teachers have been giving him extra math homework (at his request), and some of that has been really good - they've really put some thought into it. Not necessarily in the math realm, but one of the extra assignments was to research Earth Day and present findings to the class. Unfortunately, the time given really turned out to be too short, and also, organizing information is still challenging for him. Plus he finds the act of writing overwhelming. So that project was a bit beyond him, although he enjoyed learning stuff and telling the class about it.
Other tidbits. Last week I was out of town (at a conference, my first trip away since last November). Jeff got sick one day, so sick that he couldn't even get out of bed and get the kids to school. So they watched Sesame Street, and then Ethan made Linna breakfast - just cereal, but still, what a good big brother.
Yesterday the girl next door invited Ethan over again - she's 10, and they've played board games together before. The first time he went over there, we didn't see him for four hours. They have a really good time together. Now her favorite game is playing school, which happens to be one of his favorites too. She even gave him homework. He was very impressed by her 'school' set up in the basement.
I can't believe this school year is almost over and that soon he'll be in second grade. Richmond has been a great place for him and I'm glad we're there - and glad we don't have to worry about figuring out schools anymore. For now. I hope.
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