Great Reports!!!

Mommy went to Jack and Elijah's school today to have conferences with each of their teachers. First I met with Mrs. Gray, Elijah's Kindergarten teacher. She had nothing but absolutely beautiful things to say about our dear Eli. She told me that he never needs to be reminded of the rules...apparently he takes rules at school very seriously! She also said that he is a very kind friend, respectful, obedient and just an all around wonderful student to have in class. She actually said that he was a blessing to her, and a great role model for the rest of his class. I had to keep my emotions in check as I listened to this wonderful teacher praise my son the way she was. Of course she talked about his progress academically, which was great just as I knew it would be. But, that was not nearly as important to me than to hear that he was letting his little light shine during his time at school. Parents try and pray so hard that their children will let God's love shine through their actions, and this was proof that Elijah does just that!! I love Elijah so and am blessed to have him in my life!

Next, I went into the 2nd grade classroom to meet with Mrs. Strohschein, Jack's teacher. She was also his Kindergarten teacher, so it's nice to be able to hear how he has grown over the years. She, too, had nothing but praise for my dear Jack. She said that he is kind to everyone in his class, always says "please", "thank you", "excuse me", I think you get the point. This is so typical of our Jack. Even at home, he is so quick with his apologizes and requests for forgiveness. He is the first to say "I love you" to EVERYONE! God truly gave Jack a heart for others, very sensitive and empathetic!
She went on to say that he has lots of energy (which nobody has to tell me!) but that he is not distracting at all. She said he knows how to sit and listen, and then use all that energy during recess and gym. At gym, apparently his athletic abilities are quite something. She asked me if he has always been so flexible. I told her that he had been in gymnastics for the past two years, that seemed to clear up some lingering questions in her mind.
Of course, Mrs. S. told me that Jack is very intelligent and very neat and thorough in all of his work. She loves having him in class and told me that I should be very proud of him. I am so very proud of him, he is a special little boy. I thank God every night for him, and tell Jack that God picked him to be our first for a special reason...because he is so good at taking care of others!!






Then, later on in the evening as a special treat, Michael took the kids outside sledding in the DARK! He has never done this with them before, and they had a blast. Apparently they didn't even need sleds, just went straight done on their tushies!! I had to make them come in for hot chocolate and bed. Usually Ava is knocking on the door after just a few minutes, but not tonight. I asked her how much fun she had, and her response was "I had a hundred funs Mamma!" And of course, the boys typical response after a fun day was "it was the best night ever!"