Very Smart and Very Strong Willed

Not that it comes as any surprise to us, but that is how Reid's teacher described him.  I am proud that both of the teachers tell me often how smart he is.  However, he can act up quite a bit too.  When I told his teacher, Ms. Amy that I didn't know what to do she said, "Patience!  He's very smart but he's also very strong willed!" 

With both of the boys if they are not challenged enough, then tend to get bored and find trouble.  Today Ms. Amy asked me if I had any suggestions on what they could use to entertain Reid at school because he gets very bored playing with the toys, thus getting restless.  She said "I think he's above the toys and what we do in here. He needs to be challenged more." 

So Ms. Amy is going to have to get creative on what toys/activities she can use with him.  I'm glad she recognizes it and this will probably be something that's discussed with his teachers for years to come.

It's the same issue I've always had with Connor; finding stuff to challenge him so that he doesn't get bored. This year, though, he has had a wonderful year!

His teacher is always telling me that he's "a good leader and a wonderful boy."  She wrote me a note and said she was very impressed with him!

So all in all, I am one proud momma.  Even though they can be pistols they're still my cute and silly little munchkins! Love them!!

And I leave you with 2 Connorisms for the week:

Last week when Connor's class was out on the playground, it started to rain really hard.  Connor got scared and told the teacher, "this is just breaking my heart!"

Yesterday we watched a snake cross the road.  (If I didn't have boys who love creatures of all kinds I would have run over that thing very quickly. But I'm a BOY mom and Connor was so excited to see it!!) It was a black and orange snake so he said it was a Halloween snake.  Later that night when we were talking about seeing it he told me, "that snake is so in my heart!"