Parenting

I kind of didn't want to write today...and I still don't.  But, it's been over a week and I guess I should update life.

There have been good things happening...and not-so-good things.  Catherine's behavior was pretty rough last week, but other than that she is doing great.  Her determination for school is amazing.  She is doing yearbook and drama club after school and really enjoys her activities.  She is so goofy I often role my eyes, but there are other times her goofiness is exactly what I need at that moment.

Thomas is struggling with middle school in terms of his grades.  There is a lot less "hand holding" at this level and he needs to remember to turn the work in on his own and not wait for a teacher to ask for it.  He also needs to understand that the chrome books (from h***, as far as I'm concerned) is a tool for the classroom and not be constantly playing games.  He is doing yearbook with Catherine and has also joined engineering club.  I absolutely love seeing him grow up into the person  he is becoming.

Robert is still on crutches.  It's very disappointing because it basically means the end of cross country season after he had worked this summer and made such great strides.  He seems to be taking his disappointment out on his school work by not doing it anymore.  His grades have absolutely tanked.  Last evening was parent teacher conferences and it was not a lot of fun to be a part of that.  He has some very tough choices and hard work that need to happen right now or there won't be any dive this winter either.  He's also got some swollen lymph nodes and while the blood test came back negative, the doctor feels it needs to be explored further.  We go Tuesday for that appointment.  He's just having a tough go of it right now, and as his parents, so are Andrew and I.

This new computer isn't exactly great either.  I'm not sure why it seems to have so many bugs, but hopefully things will smooth out as it continues to update and I become more familiar.

Hard to believe the end of September is upon us.  We actually had the a/c on for about 36 hours but the weather has definitely changed.  Fall is here!