Catching Up

I'm not keeping up with blogging - guess it's because life is pretty mellow and not much is happening.  We did recently head in to Sears to the portrait studio for the annual photo that will end up on the Christmas card if I get my act together and design and order one! 

Kim is busy with basketball try-outs for the Cabrillo Middle School team - she's made the first cut and has the second round of try-outs on Friday.  We are looking forward to getting back into basketball!  She's doing well in school - all A's on the last report card except for algebra and that's improving now that we got her new glasses. 

Corey is also an all A student and is involved in choir and an activity called Destination Imagination.  She's also growing like a weed.

Alia is doing well in 2nd grade - she seems to have an affinity for math that we hope she will maintain.  A lot of girls that are good in math at this age seem to lose it later on in school.  She says she wants to be a doctor (I imagine her as one that doesn't take a lot of bedside manner skills because she is smart and beautiful but not terribly empathetic- perhaps a researcher.)

Eli is coming along- reading and also good in math.  He still attends speech therapy and has plateaued somewhat there.  His teacher this year is not as forgiving and flexible as his kindergarten teacher unfortunately so he is frequently in trouble for 'not sitting still'.  He says he is bored and I can believe it. He has very good fine motor skills and the best handwriting of any of the kids in his class.  But he does have problems sitting still.