Music to my ears....

This week Bryson and I attended our first parent teacher conference with Mrs. Kirk. It was so nice to hear her tell us all about how Brody is at school and it was even nicer that it was a good report. Mrs. Kirk was very organized and instead of just telling us how she thought he was doing she had a number of things to show us where he was at based on where they want kids his age and at this point in the school year to be. The first thing she showed us was a series of questions she asked Brody about what his favorites were at school. The first was who are his favorite friends to play with. She was so excited about one of the kids he listed. It is a little boy who speaks English as his second language and his first language is Farsi. She said that Brody really watches out for him and plays with him. When I asked Brody about the boy he said, "He is mean to me. We fight in the kitchen!". I guess play fighting is universal regardless of the ability to communicate or Brody likes playing with him because what he says goes. I just thought it was so sweet that she sees Brody reaching out to him and including him. His other favorite friend was Jorge. Maybe Brody really would like us to adopt a baby from another country. She also said that Brody is very honest and sincere and a hard worker. His class is participating in OU's pre literacy program and 5 times a year that take a "test" one on one with Mrs. Kirk. We were able to see each of his answers to the questions regarding alphabet, picture, and word recognition as well as colors, shapes, letter sounds, counting, numbers, etc. There is a standard of where they want the kids at this point and he was above on each area. This made me very proud but what I liked the most is hearing that he is well behaved and kind and doesn't get in trouble. I am glad my little guy loves school and I pray that he always has a love of learning like he does right now!

Brody got a camera from his Mimi and Bumpy for his birthday and I finally downloaded some of the pictures from it! They are random but it's better than a post with no pictures!

Me and the kids enjoyed a day at the zoo a couple of weeks ago. It was one of those days that both kids were so happy and we had so much fun. I love days like those!
Meg loves to swing!

And Brody loves to climb

Her favorite thing is the carousel

Wishing for one more ride!

Brody and I went to Pops one night after going to my friend Kristen's clothing party! He wasn't very excited about showing me the soda he picked out.

And Brody loved taking pictures of Meg all dressed up and playing the piano