On this, the first day of school, I don't have any pictures for you. Sorry. I'm lame like that. I didn't even wake up to see Miciah off on her first day. Yep.
However, I would like to take a moment and brag on my kids. I try to avoid that, but I'm proud of those kiddos. So if you'd like to indulge me for a second, continue reading. I'll try to keep it brief.
Tank rocks out school. He is a top performer in his class, he knows it and likes it. His 2nd grade teacher said that when the class is misbehaving, he'll sit there quietly and sometimes even roll his eyes. He has told me before that he thinks his class is horribly behaved. What a cocky snot! :) Still, he takes his studies seriously and is ON TOP of doing homework and such. He involves us in the process, and he asks me or Rob to check his work every night because he hates being wrong. (He has a fear of being wrong. I think we've discussed this before.) I worry that later on in his school career he'll burn out early because of all the pressure he puts on himself, but for now he's doing great.
Elijah's 4th grade year was rough. He spent a lot of time blaming his evil math teacher for all his troubles. You'd think she was some old hag with warts, the way he talked about her. I finally, mid-year, called him on his crap. I told him I would no longer accept any excuses for his failures. They were his fault, the end! Tough love. I'm good at tough love. And his Math grade, which had plunged down into the C range, came back up to a solid A- by the end of the year. Not only was Elijah getting better grades in all of his classes, he was proud of himself. He watched his hard work pay off with good grades, and he liked that feeling. There is hope in the world, as it turns out, and he decided he wanted some if it for himself! Way to go, Elijah!
Miciah is a super star. At the end of the school year, apparently one of the other kids in her homeroom class snatched her progress report out of her hands. As the teacher was saying, "Give that back to Miciah," the kid was saying, "THREE 100%'s?! You must be cheating!" Apparently every other kid in the class was like, "She's not cheating." He said, "I know, but still!" :) Miciah succeeds in school because she likes to, and because she works dang hard. No doubt that she's smart, but she works her tail off. She's a serious over-achiever. I mean, I know that Rob and I were both the same sort of student, but she definitely works harder than I did, and her grades reflect that. We lightly tease her about it. She came home with a 102% on a test this last year and we gave her our typical speech of, "Miciah, we're really disappointed that you brought home this kind of score. We expect you to get an F next time." She went back to school and told her teacher what we'd said and the teacher responded with, "Your parents are weird, Miciah. Just kidding, they're awesome." :) Our alternate speech is, "We're really disappointed in this grade. Next time we want to see 120%." Really, Miciah is the awesome one. Often other people will congratulate us about what a good job we're doing with Miciah. I give the same response every time: Miciah is doing a great job with Miciah. We just stay out of her way.
One last brag on Miciah. I know this would embarrass her, but I can't help it. I'm just so proud of her! She took the OAA (Ohio Achievement Assessment) for Math and Reading back at the end of this last school year. They always send home a detailed report about her scores. She's always right at the top of the chart, but this year she TOPPED the chart. Her Reading score was the highest possible. Now, I don't know if that's a true 100% or if the scores are curved, but either way, that girl is on fire.
Okay, that's it. A post about Tank's baptism to come.
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