Report Cards

We actually are going to post to the blog twice in one month! It must be a miracle. :) I finally got my first real report card last week. It's a good one! I got all B's and 1 C (in French). My teacher writes "Carter enjoys being at school and gets along well with his peers. He is showing good growth in the basic skills. At times, he is inattentive and needs reminders to listen attentively during instructional time. He has made great strides in participating more during discussions and enjoys sharing his ideas. Carter is developing better work habits; however, he does need reminders to stay on task. He is encouraged to use his time more wisely in order to become more productive and to complete his work on time." My mom pretty much agrees with the teacher. Sometimes whats going on in my imagination is so much more interesting then what she is teaching. But everyone is very happy with my report card. And guess what?? In 3 months I went from reading nothing to going to reading the average of my class (level 5). That's a pretty great accomplishment!

Our other big news is we just got back from Sault Ste Marie. Mommy and me left on Wednesday morning. And when we woke up Wednesday morning...holy cow...snow everywhere!! But we hit the road anyhow and left Tony and Tucker behind. Tony had to work and Tucker is too big to travel in the little car. The trip there was good. We only stopped twice on the way there and on the way back...in Deep River at Tim's and at Espanola at Wendy's. It was pretty great to spend some time with grandma, grandpa, papa, aunt Jodie, uncle Paul, Emma and Aunt Carrie. The first night I just stayed up playing with grandpa and grandma and we watched the whole Sens game...right until the end. But the Sens lost. Then on Thursday we went to visit Papa. He sure was happy to see me. And in the afternoon we went out with grandpa. First to get his oil changed in the truck (we didn't even have to get out of the truck) then to Home Depot and the TSC store. Pretty exciting! Grandpa got me a big blow up Tony Stewart car with snowmen as a pit crew for our front yard. I can't wait to put it up! So exciting! And we went out to McDonald's for lunch. Then Emma and Auntie Carrie came for dinner and to play. On Friday we visited Papa again and then went geocaching at Hiawatha with aunt Jodie, uncle Paul and the two silly dogs. We walked forever and we never found the geocache. Their was supposed to be a red ribbon on a tree to tell us the second coordinates and I think the ribbon blew away. Oh well we had a great time anyhow and got hot chocolate to warm up afterwards. Then it was the big sleepover! First to Papa's for a very yummy dinner and to play and then to grandpa's for the big sleepover with aunt Carrie, aunt Jodie, and Emma. We played tons of games, won prizes and watched Ratatouille. It was a blast! Mommy and aunt Jodie fell asleep during the movie but not Emma and me! In the morning we had more fun playing and then we watched Evan Almighty...boy I love that movie. In the evening we went to great grandma Dukes. Had fun visiting with all the family and I especially enjoyed racing and playing shuffle board with Brandon and Courtney. Boy now that we're home I sure miss everyone in the Soo. But it was good to get home and visit with Tucker and Tony again. Tucker sure missed me!!

Tonight was my last swimming lesson until January. I got a report card from there too. I did such a great job in Swimmer 1! I can do a back float for 10 seconds by myself and I can jump in with no one hanging on now. Yahoo!!

That's all for now. With swimming lessons and parent/teacher interview today there was no time for homework. Oops! I better do twice as much tomorrow.