Well another year of Parent Teacher Conferences have come and
gone. I secretly LOVE conferences. It’s the time of year when someone else gets
to tell me how fantastic my children are!
This year was no different than years past. And after the conferences, I got to spend my
evening relishing in my great parenting skills.
I know this probably sounds conceited, and that’s not my intention. It just feels really good to get some props
in the parenting department. Similar to
receiving recognition or rewards from a job well done, parent teacher
conferences solidifies all of the hard work that I put in as a parent, but
commends my kids on a job well done too!
So here’s the summary:
Alex is a natural born leader.
He’s very popular but doesn’t let that go to his head. He doesn’t really even realize he is “popular”
by “popular standards.” It’s just his
natural demeanor that pulls people towards him.
He is the leader of his class and his teacher couldn’t be happier with this
year’s class. Alex is always above the
line and really leads by example. He is
naturally charismatic. He’s intelligent and
dots all the I’s and crosses all of the T’s, so to speak. However, he doesn’t really go beyond the
basic requirements. Some of this is
typical boy behavior, but we are encouraging to take his work to the next
level. He’s comfortably on Silver Honors
but I know he is capable of Gold Honors.
He is still exceptionally protective of Monica, but not in a stifling
way, just to clarify. His teacher is
intrigued by their relationship referring to them as more like twins than
cousins.
Eva is the peacemaker. She
comfortably floats from core group to core group and smoothes any rough edges
and mends any hurt feelings. She
befriended the two new girls in her class immediately so that they would feel comfortable
in their new school. Her teacher is over
the moon about her. She scored the
highest out of everyone in her class on standardized testing…which she took
standing up the entire time. She’s
incredibly intelligent but wickedly creative and really pushes the limits on
the knowledge she can gain. She asks
thoughtful questions. She has an
incredible vision on how projects should be completed and an uncanny grace to
delegate without being bossy. She is always
looking out for Ethan and often times reigns him back in.
Layla is the social butterfly.
She loves attention and will forfeit independence if it means she gets
more of the teacher’s time. We are
working on developing her independence more and more each day, which isn’t
always easy because she is the BABY! And
we will love her and baby her FOREVER!
He teacher adores her because, come one, she really is the cutest
preschooler ever! She likes to
talk. A LOT. But listens well when told to be quiet. She has her favorite toys that she doesn’t
really like to share, but has become more tolerant of others playing with
her. She engages in imaginative play
more than any other kid in her class.
She, too, at a young age is a natural leader. Layla has started a “Pink Club” in which they
wear pink on Wednesday and sit together at lunch. I feel like we may have watched Mean Girls
too many times when she was little. I
might be raising a Regina George! But
her teacher made sure to explain that she has not been mean or exclusive at all
with her club. It just so happened that
she noticed that several girls were wearing pink and it happened to be a
Wednesday and VOILA….”Pink Club” was born.
She will probably be the one that gives me the most run for my money,
but when it comes down to it, she really is such a sweet child with a huge
heart.
Thank you, Lord, for these blessings. They truly are my greatest work.
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