Saturday, October 22, 2011
Skating Videos
Carter went skating for the second time last weekend. He struggled more than the first week. . He still enjoyed himself but relied on the walker a little more.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Anothering boring text blog - pictures will be coming soon Grandma and Grandpa!
So we had Logan's school conference last night. I think we were both a little nervous since we have had some issues with "being too social" the last couple of weeks - that is the PC way to say Logan talks to much. Not surprising there are no concerns about his social skills.
In short - we have a bi-polar child when it comes to academics. Let's start with the positives. Logan is a "rockstar" in math - SERIOUSLY! He scored in 99th percentile for math in the MAPS testing. As a result he is being put in "number crunchers" - an accelerated program so he can be challenged more. On the other extreme - he scored in the mid 50th percentile for reading/literacy/comprehension. As a result is qualifies for Title 1 assistance - not really special education but 1:1 attention funded by the state. Try explaining those 2 extremes to a 7-year old.
I think we were a little surprised as his reading has really picked up and he scored well on his "words per minute." Now he needs to get up-to-speed with comprehension and spelling.
In short - we have a bi-polar child when it comes to academics. Let's start with the positives. Logan is a "rockstar" in math - SERIOUSLY! He scored in 99th percentile for math in the MAPS testing. As a result he is being put in "number crunchers" - an accelerated program so he can be challenged more. On the other extreme - he scored in the mid 50th percentile for reading/literacy/comprehension. As a result is qualifies for Title 1 assistance - not really special education but 1:1 attention funded by the state. Try explaining those 2 extremes to a 7-year old.
I think we were a little surprised as his reading has really picked up and he scored well on his "words per minute." Now he needs to get up-to-speed with comprehension and spelling.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
We have a hockey player.....
With Logan we swore that we would not encourage hockey - who needs to encourage their kid in a sport that gets them up at 6am for ice time, travels all over the state for tournaments starting at 8 years old, and bleeds the wallet like a deep wound.
Then you have a second child. A child who has grown up playing soccer with his brothers 2nd grade team, playing flag football with neighbor kids 2x his size, playing/hitting a baseball farther than Logan sometimes, etc. Carter has spent more time on Logan's roller blades than he has - so Shawn asked the question a couple weeks ago: Carter do you want to play hockey? "YES!"
Skip the ice skating lessons...let's throw on the full gear and jump right in. One problem....Carter has really never skated. All registered, we figure we have 4 weeks to teach him to skate. So Shawn and Carter went to open skating today and just like a second child, after one spin around the rink using the "ice table thingy" he let go and off he went. He almost made it around the entire rink without falling. He was a little, sweaty mess after 60 minutes of skating and the journey begins.
Then you have a second child. A child who has grown up playing soccer with his brothers 2nd grade team, playing flag football with neighbor kids 2x his size, playing/hitting a baseball farther than Logan sometimes, etc. Carter has spent more time on Logan's roller blades than he has - so Shawn asked the question a couple weeks ago: Carter do you want to play hockey? "YES!"
Skip the ice skating lessons...let's throw on the full gear and jump right in. One problem....Carter has really never skated. All registered, we figure we have 4 weeks to teach him to skate. So Shawn and Carter went to open skating today and just like a second child, after one spin around the rink using the "ice table thingy" he let go and off he went. He almost made it around the entire rink without falling. He was a little, sweaty mess after 60 minutes of skating and the journey begins.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
How many people does it take to turn on a light switch?
Apparently at least 7 in our house!
For the past week or so we have been trying to figure out how to turn the outside outlets on in our new house. We have (4) outside outlets. After putting up the Halloween decorations we noticed the box by our front door was not working. We asked one of our neighbors who mentioned that there is a switch inside the front closet to turn it on - is that obvious? Well we found the switch...but still no power! After talking with a contractor who came over to bid out some work on our house he mentioned that there must be a GFI outlet somewhere in the house that was tripped - all the fuses in the box were "live." Finally our other neighbor mentioned they had a GFI in their basement that was linked to their outside outlets. Hmmm. After searching about half a dozen GFI outlets Shawn finally found the magic outlet that was tripped - in the basement behind our steps. I think builders need to get a little more obvious - like maybe next to the outlet swtich in the front closet!
Finally we think we have now figured out all the odd funtions of our new home - and we now have power for our Halloween decorations!!! The boys are happy.
For the past week or so we have been trying to figure out how to turn the outside outlets on in our new house. We have (4) outside outlets. After putting up the Halloween decorations we noticed the box by our front door was not working. We asked one of our neighbors who mentioned that there is a switch inside the front closet to turn it on - is that obvious? Well we found the switch...but still no power! After talking with a contractor who came over to bid out some work on our house he mentioned that there must be a GFI outlet somewhere in the house that was tripped - all the fuses in the box were "live." Finally our other neighbor mentioned they had a GFI in their basement that was linked to their outside outlets. Hmmm. After searching about half a dozen GFI outlets Shawn finally found the magic outlet that was tripped - in the basement behind our steps. I think builders need to get a little more obvious - like maybe next to the outlet swtich in the front closet!
Finally we think we have now figured out all the odd funtions of our new home - and we now have power for our Halloween decorations!!! The boys are happy.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Carter - Rollerblades
Carter was enjoying the amazing 80 degree day today learning to rollerblade. After a couple spills, we thought it would be good to practice just wearing all the equipment on the grass. Two pictures below: (1) serious and (1) happy.
Logan Fall Football
Logan enjoyed his last season of flag football - next year come the pads and concussions. The highlight of the year was the second to last game when Logan was quarterback. He threw a beautiful 15 yard spiral to one of his good friends who caught it in the end zone for a touchdown. Two miracles: a perfect spiral and his friend caught it! Sometimes all the stars align!
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