READERS UNITED

Well, we had parent teacher conferences and they went pretty well.  Luke's teacher was running really behind and as we had Maggie's immediately after, we only got to talk to her for less than 10 minutes (they are normally 20).  Luke is doing well, his behavior is good and his reading and math are where they should be or above.  Maggie's conference was a bit frustrating.  She is doing really well in Math, Social Studies and Spelling.  But her writing assessment was a little low, her reading assessment was high and she is in the second highest reading group, but her scores on the quizes has not been good.  I didn't feel like he had any recommendations for us.  I asked him about study plans or if we should get her a tutor.  Since he had to go through certain things, this was towards the end of the conference and I haven't gotten a response back from him - asked him to email his thoughts to me.  We are going for a vision check on Thursday, but hopefully he will have some additional ideas. 

DonnaM - I did see some of the photos of Endeavor, did you hear that the City of LA had to take down a bunch of trees to get it to where it is going.  I hear they are going to be replanting them.  Can't imagine how much that cost.  It is great you are comfortable at their houses.  I imagine in a way it does feel like a vacation. 

DonnaH - 21 hours, oh my.  Did she want to try and have it naturally?  That was my biggest fear that I would have to go through a long labor and then have to have C-Section.  I hope your Dr. Appt goes well. 

Margie - Happy belated birthday.  Like Donna, I think the Countywide sale will bring out additional people, so it could definately help.  Good luck with your sale.

Amanda - Great photo of the helicopter and family.  Don't good grades make you feel wonderful.  The day before Maggie brought home her reading quizes, she brought home her social studies, math and spelling tests.   i was so happy as that was the first time they had gotten grades.  I guess highs and lows should be expected with kids.

Trudy - Sorry to hear the legal stuff is still being a pain, I hope you were able to get things sorted out.  The concert sounds good.  I had wondered about that one guy from the band, glad to hear that things are working out so well for him.

Mary - Let us know what you think of the Shades of Gray book.  I thought about getting it from my library, but when I found out it was a trilogy, that turned me a bit off - they are all long books.  I also can't believe Lauren is 5, time sure does fly.

We had a nice long weekend.  On Friday, we went out to a church in the neighborhood, it sits on the top of this huge hill and has a very high tower you can climb and see what seems forever, then they have great walking paths in the hills.  We had a lot of fun, but oh was I sore the next day.  There were a ton of steps along with the hills.  I figured after the exercise, we should definately get some ice cream.  Then on Saturday, we went bowling with some friends, which was fun and then Sunday, church and playdates.  Boom, the weekend was over, then it felt.  Normal week, this week.  Did start a new Elizabeth Peters

I also read a Harlequin Superromance

In this Town by Beth Andrews

It was a good trilogy, although, I must admit I would like to hear the cousin's story as well. 

Hope everyone has a good Tuesday.

Cady