Parent Teacher Conferences

We had parent/teacher conferences this week. It was nice to talk to my kids teachers and learn what I'm doing right and more ways that I can help them. It's nice to know that my children are indeed smart (and it's not just mommy pride) It's interesting that their teachers had noticed the same strengths that I have seen in them. It was also interesting to see just how differently they learn and how different their strengths and weaknesses are. Eileen is reading around a 3rd grade level - but it was interesting to see in some of her responses and work how she thinks. If you ask her a question, she skips the obvious and simple answers and gives one that requires more thought - the only problem is that she doesn't always explain how she got to that answer, so it doesn't make sense to her teacher. Anna has a huge imagination and as she tries to write, she has so many ideas she wants to write down that she gets frustrated with her slow writing (lol - not slow for a kindergartener - but slower than her thoughts) It's nice to know I have a couple gifted children :)

We got some good news this week - we will be closing on Wednesday - a full 2 days earlier than we had hoped!! Aunt Tina and Uncle Frank are going to watch the kid for a few days this week so that Dan and I can focus on getting stuff moved and some unpacking and set up done so that we can pick up the kids and bring them back to our new home!

It's kinda funny - Eileen has taken to reading in the most unusual positions - this is one of the less odd - but she caught me taking out the camera and moved :( It's funny to watch her squirm and wiggle around while she reads though :)

Thursday I had a doctor's appointment. Aaron and Anna came with me and were SO well behaved!! It helped that the wait wasn't too long - but they sat in the two chairs in the room patiently while the doctor talked to me and checked me and the baby out. The baby is doing great - I am about 26-ish weeks along and I have a very wiggle boy in my belly. As the doc tried to check the heart beat, he kept running away - she would find a spot where she could hear it really well - then he would wiggle and move so she could hardly hear it again.

Saturday, we made a trip to Ikea for some shelves and other things for the new house, and we met the real estate agent at the house to spend some time there planning and measuring and letting the kids see it and see their rooms. The especially loved running around in the yard and Eileen gave us a careful count of the number of trees we have in the back yard. We also found some rather amusing little things that got left at the house - including a golf club stuck in the corrugated roof over the back porch and a stuffed animal hanging from a tree.

Now comes the insanity!!!!!