Boys....

Well my littlest boy is turning THREE on Wednesday...I truly cannot believe how big he is and how fast time flies!!! We had his party for him yesterday afternoon with our family. He had such a great time and was soo cute opening his presents!!! He made sure to thank everyone too! He's been playing with his Magnetix and his a, b, c puzzle from Jonathon and Memaw K. made him his very own pillowcase with the alphabet! So, all in all it was a great day!!! First thing he asked for when he woke up today....'piece of chocolate cake, mom'....hey, he's only 3 once right....so let him eat cake!! lol! Nothing like a piece of homemade chocolate mayonnaise cake first thing in the morning....
Right now the boys share a room.....so when Jonathon spends the nite, there are THREE wild boys in ONE bedroom. Not to mention the fact that Egan doesn't have anyplace to call his own......and Milo is a wild man at nite.....keeping Egan awake by playing around and doing whatever Milo does to annoy his big brother....so, after some thought.....Dan and I decided to move our bedroom downstairs into their playroom and give them their own rooms. Egan is very excited about this and has been talking about this non stop....but we'll see how Milo does. I think it will be good for Egan though. He's going through a rough patch right now. School is kinda hard for him this year...his teacher isn't NEARLY as structured as last years teacher (whom I miss dearly!!!!) I'm also very frustrated this year. The school Egan goes to is a very small school....less than 100 kids. It's also a private school, which means we pay alot for tuition (though, not as much as some schools). THe part that is most frustrating for me is the fact that his teacher has 12 kids in class and can't get it together! Egan missed a day of school a little while back and when I asked for homework for him and went up to school to get it....it wasn't ready...then the teacher said she didn't know where they would be in math for that particular day, so she'd give it to him later...HUH???? Lesson plans??? HUH???? Also, he tends to be a little slower with finishing his work at school...so instead of having him bring it home for homework, she makes him stay in for recess....and today for example, he had to stay in for all THREE recess. This is something I DO NOT agree with. If he's having trouble staying on task, maybe that's a sign that he NEEDS to go out for recess and run his little butt off?!
So, he's been not staying on task at school (per his teacher) so we decided to get him tested for ADD....though my intent wasn't to get him on medication right away, if at all, but to see where he needed extra help and help him....well, turns out the little guy is ADHD....I have a hard time with "labels" per say. Though I think it's good to know where they stand....but...i dunno...I talked with the psychologist today about some things that may help him stay focused...know what she suggested....NOT STAYING INSIDE FOR RECESS....huh....great minds think alike don't they...lol
So, Egan has conferences this thursday and my goal was to talk with his teacher about the recess thing among other 'things' but guess what.....she wants the KIDS to LEAD conferences.....HUH??? 2nd grade!!!! What about concerns that the parents have???? Am I outta line here to think that this is NOT appropriate??? If so I'm sorry but I think it's outta line....and frankly lazy on her part...which i think is the main part of the problem...lazy......So, I'm torn here...I feel like we are getting him through the year just to get it over with...and we are paying alot of money for that.....which aggravates me to no end....
I'm just torn....thanks for letting me vent!!