Nice to hear!

Jack's been doing great in Second Grade except for Language Arts (Grammar and Reading). He struggles to read and we just don't know how to make it better! He received his Dibels scores and got 2 U's and 1 N...lovely! Then, in passing, he mentioned going to Mrs. Peppiat's class which is a Reading Resource class. Anyway, we decided to set up a meeting with Mrs. Morris to talk to her about Jack and get some advice as to how we can help him. The meeting went really well and she said she feels like he will catch up. She said he's a great kid and "knows what's going on around him". :-) She's going to watch him closely to make sure he understands the directions on papers which is his argument on some cases. After the meeting, I sent her an email. Below is my email and her response!

From me:
Mrs. Morris - Thanks again for meeting us Friday. We really enjoyed talking to you and it made us feel better about what we need to do to keep Jack moving forward!

From her:
Thank you. I really enjoyed talking to you guys! You are GREAT parents. Have a great week!

Ally got her very first goal today!

The girls had their 3rd soccer game today and Ally ended up getting 1 of the 2 goals their team scored! She called it too. I asked her this morning if she was ready to play soccer today and if she was going to score a goal and she said “Yes”! (I asked Abby the same things and she said “No” - at least she’s honest!) Abby just wasn’t into it today, but Ally sure was! She got out there and hustled and got right up into the middle of the pack and was kicking like crazy. She managed to kick the ball forward about 5 feet so it was out away from the pack. Then she went right through the middle of the pack and ran after it. This was about midfield, so she had quite a bit to go before getting to the goal. She kicked/dribbled it several times before she got about 5 feet from the goal where she gave it one more kick and sent it into the back of the goal! It was soooo exciting! I always get excited when one of the kids scores a goal and I usually just run down there and pat them on the back and give them a high five, but Ally turned around and was grinning from ear to ear and ran back towards me so I picked her up and carried her back with me. I asked her if she needed a break and she said “yes”, so I let her sit out for a bit which I think I’m going to do from now on when a kid scores a goal because Missy, Jack, Gary, and Marlena all hugged her and congratulated her right after the goal and that immediate, positive feedback probably really motivates the kids. I did the same thing when Evan scored the 2nd goal and I looked over and his parents were doing the same thing to him. Way to Go Ally! You made Daddy really proud today!