How this Year is by Carter

Today is the last day of ball hockey. I'm going to have a new baby brother or sister soon. I just got home from my dad's house today. Ball hockey was really fun. We played dodge ball for half the time but first we played ball hockey. It was a really good time at my dad's. My big brother Jordan went home but I still had fun with my little brother Clark. Clark is 3 years old and he can't quite talk yet but he is still really fun. I have a gameboy and 3 games for it. I have a Simpsons game and a Meet The Robinsons game and a Tony Hawks Underground 2 game. I have a dog named Tucker and he is 2. I have a second dad named Tony and he is really fun too. Sylvie is my second mom and she really loves me. I have a Lightening McQueen night light and my baby brother or sister will be really fun...I hope.

That's all. Goodbye.

A weekend @ Daddy's

Daddy hasn't posted to my blog since who knows when. So I decided to nag him a little and make him post something.

This weekend at Daddy's is like many other weekends. Spending some time playing, watching some TV, generally behaving pretty well.

Yesterday we went to the Y for my floor hockey. I always say I don't want to go, in fact I always raise a huge fuss about going, but once I get there I have a bunch of fun and don't want to leave after. Daddy and Clark dropped my at floor hockey then they went for a swim. Clark is lucky, he got to swim two days in a row. We went swimming on Friday night too. We swam around in the big pool for a while, then we ditched Daddy and went in the little kid pool.

Today we went to Walmart for a bit and then came home. Now we are busy watching Star Wars which I'm thinking is pretty cool!

Soon, it will be time to go back to Mommy's again.

I'm getting along with Clark pretty good these days, I'm starting to be more patient with my little brother. He and I play together really well. I think this will be good for when my new little brother or sister shows up in a few more weeks.

I guess that's all for now.

Published artist

Get ready for this...I am now a published artist!!! My picture was chosen from all the kids in my class to go in the Villager newspaper. Mommy saw it on the bulletin board at school this morning and is now trying to get her hands on a few copies. I'm VERY proud!!

Report Card

I got my first report card of Grade 2 on Monday! I am doing GREAT!! Mommy and Tony are very proud! Guess how many A's?? TWO!!! I got both A's in Math. I love math! Just like my grandpa. Then I got 5 B's and 4 C's. Also very good! I need to work the most on my writing, french, phys ed and music. I got all goods and excellent for classroom participation, initiative, cooperation, homework, and problem solving. My teacher wrote:

"Carter is a pleasant and cooperative student. He is a good citizen who gets along well with his peers. He enjoys participating in all class activities and discussions. He consistently follows classroom rules and routines. He comes to class prepared to work. He would benefit from practicing his printing at home. Next term, I would like Carter to improve the overall presentation of his written work."

On the same day I got my report card it started to snow! Not too much is on the ground but it was really sticky so all week I've been working on a fort. It's so cool! We had to get our flu shots this week too. We all got one but I waited until last and boy was it unpleasant. Mommy had to hold me to her so the nurse could give it to me but then 5 minutes later it was fine. I just HATE needles. It was worth it to go to Dairy Queen afterwards. And while we were waiting I met a new friend to play with and got to play with Daniel. I think everyone that lives in Embrun was getting a flu shot...it was busy!

That's all for now. Tonight is the student led conferences at the school. I get to show off my portfolio.

First Snowstorm/Halloween

We have updated my blog in quite awhile. We had a pretty busy month of October. We had lots of fun playing in the leaves and enjoying the weather. Last weekend I got to spend the weekend at mommy's. We had a great time! On Saturday it was pouring rain so we went to the Science and Tech Museum. We hadn't been there in a long time. And there wasn't many kids there. We had lots of fun and then went to Wendy's for a treat afterwards. On Sunday Tony was off too so we went on a roadtrip to Hershey's. We had to go one more time before they close for good. I don't think Mexicans can make chocolate as good as we can. It took us a LONG time to get there and I saw way to many cows and horses but finally we got there. And they were actually making chocolate bars!! We saw them making Oh Henry's and then got some nice fresh ones to bring home. Yum!!! They didn't have as much chocolate there anymore but we definately got a lot. My belly was so full.

Last week was Tony's birthday too. We didn't do to much to celebrate since we had eaten so much chocolate from Hershey. But that night we got our first snowstorm of the year. Before Halloween!! I went to bed Tuesday night and it had just started to snow and blow and then on Wednesday when I woke up it was DARK! Mommy said she'd meet me with a flashlight in my room and I told her "don't worry I'll just turn on the light". But the light didn't work. No power!! Our power was out all night and didn't come on until after lunchtime. So it was a snowday!!! Mommy and Tony were off to so we spent the morning keeping warm in the house and then went out to play in the snow. It was perfect for snowballs and fort building. And we even went in the evening to pick pumpkins from the farmer in the snow. How silly is that. They were frozen solid so we had to wait a day to carve them. But didn't I draw nice pictures for mommy to cut out??

This year I went trick or treating with Clark at daddy's. We got 3.5 bags of candy!! I dressed as a horse to go trick or treating but I thought the other kids would think I was a doofus if I wore that to school so at school I was a fireman. We even got candy at school and we spent the whole afternoon going from class to class to play games.

I have lots of work to do at school this year. We have spelling tests every week and the words are hard. And we have math speed tests for addition each week. Those are even harder...you're not allowed to use your fingers. Craziness. But last week on my spelling test I got 10/10!! Yahoo!!

Interim report card

More exciting news from school! Today I got my interim report card. I did great! I was marked on 4 things and could get a Needs Improvement, Satisfactory, Good or Excellent. Here's what I got

Homework - Good
Independent Work - Satisfactory/Good
Intiative - Excellent
Social Skills - Good

My teacher wrote "Orally Carter can give lots of information but he experiences difficulty expressing himself in the written form."

It's so much easier just to tell the answer then to make a sentence. I'm sure I'll get it eventually. I think that's pretty good though!

My First Math Test

I had my first math test today and got 26/30. Yeah for me!!! I'm so smart!! It's been busy at school. Tomorrow I have an oral presentation. I have to bring something special to me so I'm bringing the musical instrument that Auntie Jodie and Uncle Paul brought me back from Peru. It's special.