off from school

We had conferences with the teachers on Thursday for both boys. Joshua is doing really good, he just needs to slow down and take his time. He wants to rush through all his school work so his writing skills have a lot to be desired. He needs to breathe and write slower so he won't have to erase so much to make it legible for others. Speaking of erasing, did you ever notice that when kids (first graders) erase there stuff they use ONE swap through the pencil markings where the letters or numbers are still visible and then they write over it making it virtually impossible to read. Then you have to erase it more and more and the kids get mad that they have to write it again!! Child says "I just wrote it" I say ", but honey it is not visible for others." I help in my sons room so I see this every week. Very amusing to know your child is not alone it what he does.

Brandon teacher says he is doing well, we are always making progress which is a good thing but he still needs to have most of his school work modified. I hate having it modified so I wonder if he stays back a year in school would he catch up? I think the little boy has been through so much and he is so much in need of growing up that I want him to be able to relax and enjoy school and life for a while. In case you didn't know, we adopted him at 20 months and he had a major hernia that needed repair, so he was abandoned and in pain for the first two years of life. Then we discovered there was not attachment and went through therapy when he was 5, and now we have really bonded but discoved the ADHD ( which we knew was there many years ago but wanted to wait until we finish attachment). I guess you never finish attachment work it is a life on going experiences but we no longer visit a therapist. I guess in some ways this child is 5 years old emotionally or younger and we are making him do 2nd grade material. Yikes.

So we were off from school on Friday November 7th. I had every intention to go and visit my mother and hang out. However, we had to make more adjustments on Brandon's meds which took up almost the entire day and put me in a state of anxiety. I don't like feeling helpless to the doctors or anybody especially when it comes to my kids.

On a better note, we did make it to the discover center in Rockford and had a good time. I would have prefered to go to Betty Brinn in Milwaukee but that will be for a different day.

We discoverd that Joshua has a loose tooth. He is now losing his from tooth (he is growing up) makes me a bit sad.