School

The kids have been in school for 3 weeks today. I can't believe that. Three weeks already?

Anyway, I thought I'd update on how they're doing.

Dylan loves school, or at least he seems to. He really enjoys his classes and his teachers and I get to hear all the stories every day of the 7th grade drama between girls and boys. I remember the age, so I just sit back and smile. He's getting straight A's of course. With Dylan it's always the same. Good grades, good behavior. I no longer have to even remind him to do his homework, because it always just gets done.

Maddie loves school some days and some days she hates it. One day she told me that she loves her teacher because of the way that she says her name. When I asked her what she means, she said "because she calls me Maddie and not Madelyn." She said she doesn't like to be called Madelyn anymore, because when people call her that it's when she is in trouble. Can't argue that logic. Despite how she feels about school, she actually is really doing well this year. She struggled so much through 1st grade. She really struggled in every part of it - reading, writing, math, everything. This year she's flying through the books. I love sitting and listening to her read. What I love even more is walking into a room and finding her sitting on the couch reading a book all by herself. Brings a tear to this mama's eye. She has homework every single day, which I thought was going to be a problem for her, but she really seems to be enjoying the routine of it. Every day she sits down after dinner and does it. 99% of the time, she just flies through the homework and says "that was easy." Every once in awhile I have to sit down and help her with something. She seems to be catching on quickly though, and I love it.

I commended both of the kids this morning on how well they're doing and how proud I am. Dylan was like "yea, yea, whatever." Maddie smiled and said "nobody has ever been proud of me for my school work before!" and then she hugged me. I guess that means I'll call her Maddie for the rest of the day.