March Madness

it's March, I haven't posted in 30 days, a lapse that lasted much longer than I intended. Actually I hadn't planned it all, it just happened.

Our Spring break is in two weeks, we have had snow sprinklings this weekend, so even though I know the temps are predicted to rise, I am nervous that we will be stuck in the house like last year.

I have yet to plan out our summer since I am waiting on hearing if I have been selected to attend a two week, all expense paid STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) training in TN or WA. Once I hear either way the rest will quickly fall into place.

I dropped one of my admin classes so I only have 5 credits of classes. This is more manageable. I was getting too stressed out and my poor girls had to live with me that way...not good!!

I asked Kiki to stay out of our lives. It has been an adjustment since we knew him for over 9 1/2 years. When he was in town, he was a common fixture around here. Believe me when I say in the long run, for the girls and their expectations it was for the best..It amazes me sometimes how you can know someone (their personality) for a long time, yet then you find out that you never really did know them (their ethics, character) until a specific circumstance arises. We are all a little sad, but good.

I had Mim evaluated for Speech and Language for her "fat tongue" and articulation of words. We will have her IEP next week. In her testing with the Psychologist we found out that she has very very poor auditory short term memory. Something that I have noticed at home and I have also noticed it with Ve. Short term memory problems are linked with malnourishment in early developmental years.

Other wise according to the girls P/T conferences all are doing well. Ve's and Tuki's reading levels are growing rapidly. Ve right at grade level which is amazing for ESL and Tuki is already at first semester at the level she is suppose to be by the end of kindergarten. She is also a good little story writer. Mim's reading level is still way below grade level, but that is to be expected. Her growth rate is good though so we still need to keep working hard at it.

Next post I will explain and show photos on how we handled Mim's Pedigree Project for Science Class.