How to Enjoy a Nice 70 degree Sunday :)

Well with this weather we have been having here lately, we are taking advantage of a beautiful day. Friday - raining - Stormy, Saturday, started off snowing, and windy 30 degrees! We totally stayed in the last two days! Today is a major improvement and we took full advantage. We had golf lessons today which was good, afterwards dad wanted to go fishing so we ventured to a couple of lakes before we settled at one in Mckinney off 75.

Michael saw the paddle boats and asked if he could ride and off we went to take on the lake in our rubber duckie paddle boat LOL

All in all we had a good day....

Michael Goes to the Zoo

During Michael's spring break from school he was invited to the Ft Worth zoo by his auntie Galena and cousins...he of course wanted to take MY camera - which was a big NO, so I stopped in to Walgreens and picked him up a one time use camera (of course if he lost that one then it would only be $5 out the door instead of over $100 lost.

As soon as he got home and showed me that he had his camera and said he wanted his own digital camera.

Here are some pictures he took (which are really good pictures!)

Also I am not 100% sure what some of these pictures are - Michael assures me that they are animals :)

Thanks for looking!

Report Cards are In!

Michael brought home his report card the other night and we are super proud of him :)

Here in Mckinney ISD school district the preformance criteria is as follows:

4 - Highly Developed/Consistently demonstrates exemplary understanding and application skills in a varitey of complex situations; is working independently after initial instruction.

3 - Developed. Demonstrates proficent understanding and applies skills independently by the conclusion of the grading period.

2- Beginning to Develop.

1 - Not Apparent at this time. Demonstrates lack of understanding.


Now with that being said...here is what Michael's Report Card for the 3rd quarter read:

Reading Progress: 4
Social Studies: 3
PE: 3
Music: 3
Art: 3
Math: 3

Independent Reading Level Based on Developmental Reading Assessments: 24 (last quarter it was 16)

Writing: 3
Science: 3


Teacher Comments from 2nd Quarter:
A Blossoming reader! To enrich comprehension at an individual level, practive identification of story elements to follow up reading experiences: identify character, setting, problem/plot, details & conclusion through story retell.

Teacher Comments from THIS Quarter:
Michael has a good understanding of the writing process. He is able to brainstorm, prewrite, rough draft, revise and publish with little teacher intervention. Encourage more detail sentences to enrich writing and "colorful" words to create personal voice.


I am so proud of Michael!


Also his school is getting them ready to enter 2nd grade with reading assignments they get tested on weekly.

Wednesday was the first one!

He read 'The Puddle' by David McPhail

325 words in the book

His goal is 85% for average percent correct...he was at 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am super proud of my lil Michael :)

Doctors Offices, coughs and Snot!

Michael went to the doctor's office today - he was up all night coughing like crazy! So this morning after waking up to a sleepless night - I said "we are going to have you looked at"
So off we went to the doctor's office - which she gave him 3 different meds to take...1 antibotic, 1 day time cough med and one night time - since the Nyquil didnt seem to want to work - this is supposed to be BETTER so we will see tonight how he does. I am hoping that he gets better soon :( I dont like him being sick - and dont like ME being sick which I am :(

Update

I received a call from Michael's school today to pick him up - he wasnt feeling too good, nose is running like crazy and coughing and sneezing comes along with it...not to mention he had a bathroom accident at school. I came and picked Michael up and thankfully he has such an awesome uncle who offered to watch him while his dad and me worked.

I picked Michael up gave him some medicine and he went to sleep and allowed his uncle to work.

When I arrived home from work he was looking and acting like he felt a lot better then the little boy I picked up laying on the floor in the nurses office.

He is still having some nasty nose issues so he has been on the medicine big time. I hope this will pass really soon I dont like to see Michael sick. I am sure he doesnt like being sick either. Who likes being sick?



Other then that Saturday he had his 'busy' day...starting with his last basketball game, basketball season party and cousin's birthday party. He had fun :)



On Sunday he had his golf lessons and then his friend Mason's birthday party.



I have a few pictures, not a lot :)



He was a busy busy little boy which was sorta good because he slept really well those nights :)



We are currently lookin for golf clubs for him, hopefully we will find some soon.



He is excited to play golf. He likes it a lot.

Michael Quotes

March 6th, 2009 -
So we are up this morning watching the golf channel - and I was doing something he shouts "wow he almost got a hole in one!"
I asked "oooh that means he is a hole in oner"
He said "No mommy that means he is a great golfer"

March 25th, 2009-
While playing Wii Sims Kingdom (I was not him, he was watching)
Me: "ugh I cant get this thing to work! This is making me mad!"
Michael: "Uhh Mom that is why it is a KIDS game!"

Golf Lessons for Michael!

Michael had his first golf lesson today - I think it went pretty well he said he wanted to play next Sunday so that is great! The golf instructer said he did well for someone who never played before! Here is a video of him learning to swing the golf club :)

Here are some pictures...