MaeLyn's Musings

Yesterday was parent teacher conferences at the boys' school. We started off with the 6th grade teachers: "Josh is wonderful, such a joy to have in class. He participates, he works well in groups. He is doing great!" "Josh is doing very well, His test grades are high, and he does good quality work. He needs to work on organization... If he turned in these missing assignments, it would help his grades." "He is doing great. He makes connections, and participates in class. He does wonderfully when he works on his own, but when he works in a group, he needs to listen to the other group members, and not tell them they are wrong." Then we talked to Peter's teacher. We discussed how he hasn't wanted to go to school recently, and figured it might be because he really doesn't like the drills. his teacher suggested he could be the "emergency preparedness specialist" so when there is a fire drill, he gets the emergency notebook, and ...

The boys have a new favorite place to play. This is one of the planter boxes in front of the house.They have dug to the bottom, created volcanoes and waterfalls, forts and rivers. They dig with plastic spoons and use rocks and sticks as props. They come inside with mud splattered from head to toe, but they are having fun, enjoying the last week of their summer break.