School woes

9-13-11


Good morning world! Ok, no, I am not actually that chipper. I just wanted to see what it was like to be that way.

Dax is struggling with school. He clearly misses Ms. Lira. She is a special teacher since she really gets to know the kids and she didn’t have to make them do as much work. Every morning, Dax has cried every morning, and has a couple of times in class, has told Mrs. Fasheh that he misses me. Luckily, she has been able to tell him she misses her mom, too, and the other kids have also talked about it, which is cool. Dax tells me every afternoon when I pick him up how he isn’t afraid of school anymore, yet every morning, he cries with Ken. I am tempted to take a day and walk him to school to see how he does with me, but honestly, that will probably not help.

On top of his tears, he has told me that his friend doesn’t like him anymore. He has told me someone called him a bully. He has told me that no one plays with him. I know none of this is a problem since Ken and I went down to the school yesterday and watched him playing with his class. He was clearly not having any problems. Plus, I could tell the other kids liked him just fine.

I am bummed he is having a hard time, but I know it will pass. He is just at an age right now and I can tell he is going through this odd phase where he is a bit of a control freak (hmmm..I wonder where that comes from. LOL!) and he is frustrated with not being in charge. On the plus side, his academics are going ok. He read a lot of a book yesterday for me, one in which they won’t be reading for about a month, so this is a good sign. Plus, when there was a word he didn’t know, and I told him what it was, he remembered it for the rest of the book. This seemed promising.

Bobby is doing well. No tears so far. He is a little nervous about going to line by himself, but so far it hasn’t been an issue since Ken has been able to go with him or the class happens to go by him as Dax is being dropped off. He seems close with Dimitri, which is good since he is a good kid.

Bobby still dinks on his homework, but his penmanship was excellent last night and I am still always impressed with his wit. A lot of kids say good bye to him, so that is cool.

I think I need to suck up to Mrs. Kelly a bit. She doesn’t seem to know what to do with Ken and I yet. She isn’t as comfortable with us yet like some of the other teachers and even the principal is. I just want to make sure she knows we are there to help, and all we want is what is best for everyone.

Ken and I got pedometers this weekend. I was reading up on walking goals, and apparently 3 to 4 thousand is normal, and yesterday I did a little over 5K. The goal is to get up to 10K, which is approx. 5 miles of walking a day, which isn’t too bad. It just means I need to stay active. I can do it! I think I can up my walk a bit before I get the boys. If I change and head out right when I get home, and go around a couple of other blocks, that will add to it. Hell, even doing some of the running on the Wii will go towards this goal. I am not going to do anything too intense to myself just yet. Walking is a great way to do this. My mom lost her weight from walking a lot and cutting calories. I think I will do that plan, along with some sprinkling of other things. Like right now, as I write this, I have been “walking” at my desk. I can feel my heart rate going up, and my legs working hard. I may have to be at a desk job, but I will not be sedentary.

The boys won their soccer games on Saturday. Not that you are supposed to keep score, but I know they do. Bobby only played half the game, which he didn’t seem to care about. He isn’t exactly a soccer master. He seems to just enjoy the whole experience.

Dax, on the other hand, played his whole game. I doubt this will happen each game, but I was impressed. Coach also was super impressed with his playing. He was aggressive and had great passing. Actually, all of his team did amazing. I am looking forward to another Saturday of soccer. This Saturday will be long, though, since Dax’s game is at 9 am, and Bobby’s isn’t until 3. Thank goodness we can go home in between.

No boss man today. Something must have happened since he called out today and yesterday.

My report doesn’t work right now. I am bored. I wonder if I can just play games.