Parent teacher conferences were this week and I was really nervous and excited to go. I wanted to see how Benji and Alyssa were doing in school but a little nervous about how Alyssa listened in class as we all know she has a very short attention span.
Alyssa is doing awesome and I am so proud of her. Just this past week she has excelled in knowing her ABCs and their sounds. She is sounding out words and trying to spell them. Not bad for being the youngest in her class. Her teacher even says that she stays in her seat and listens to instructions and enjoys having her in her class. I was very relieved to hear this.
Benji's parent teacher conference was great also. His teacher loves him to death and compliments him on everything. He is a great reader, speller, and is doing really well in math. The thing I loved is that while I was waiting to visit with his teacher I was looking at the things they had posted on the wall outside the door. All the kids in the class had made a paper that said I can be responsible by.... and they had to fill in the rest. Most kids put things like cleaning up their room, taking out the trash, helping their parents, etc. Not my Benji though. Benji's was I can be responsible by talcen to the profits (as he wrote it or translated - talking to the prophets). At first he tried to write following the commandments but it turned out to be too long so he changed it to the other one. I came home and gave him a high five and told him "way to stand up for what you believe in". I told Ryan I will let all the other kids be responsible by doing all those things they listed but I would much rather have Benji remember to follow the commandements and "listen" to the prophets since he will never go wrong in these things. Out of the mouth of babes. It really did make me stop and think and I was proud of him for his answer.
