My four year old is an amazing kid. JACKSON IS AN AMAZING KID!!! I might sound like I'm bragging but I don't care because this is my blog and I can brag about my AMAZING kid! There is actually a very good reason for all of this bragging. Cory and I sat down with Jackson's teachers last week to go over his year and discuss the progress he has made. They score not only his academic progress but also his social development. Each child is given a score of 1, 2 or 3. A score of 3 means that the child needs to improve in that area, 2 means that they are scoring right where they should and 1 means that they are achieving over what is expected of them. I'm just going to say it.... he scored 1's in EVERY category. He is over achieving academically and socially. His teachers went on and on and could not say enough good things about our little boy. He can count to 49 without needing any help, he can identify all of his letters lowercase and upper case, he can think of a string of words that rhyme, he knows his birth date and when one of his friends forgets he usually knows theirs as well.
All of these things are fantastic but they were not even the things that made me the most proud. Jackson's teacher told me that he is the kindest, sweetest little boy in her class. She said that many children have started to form groups and often will not let a new child join in and play. NOT Jackson. He includes everyone and anyone in what ever he is doing. She said that he is such a helper and any time there is a new student she will ask Jax to be his buddy and show him where the bathroom is because she knows he will not goof off and flush the toilet 20 times. When he plays with something he always puts it away before he plays with something else. He puts away his mat after nap time and cleans up his lunch without being asked. These are all things that I definitely did not excel at when I was his age.
How did I get so lucky to me the mama to this little boy?! Bottom line the teacher said that he is more than ready for kindergarten so that is where he will be next September. GUYS!!! I have a kindergartner!!
The brothers had their 15 month check up a month ago and are growing like weeds. They are in to everything and have figured out how to get what ever they want... throw a tantrum. Actually they are pretty awesome babies but still, there two of them so they are a ton of work. Here are some pics from the last couple of months. *The photos above are from a mother's day trip to the beach with friends. Awesome day... can you tell?!
Oh how proud we are of that Jackson of ours! You know, of course, that wonderful parenting is a huge reason for his life successes at this point, and he has two of the best ever. (Plus he is just really smart and cool!) Love all the pictures. They all make me smile. Nana
Oh how proud we are of that Jackson of ours! You know, of course, that wonderful parenting is a huge reason for his life successes at this point, and he has two of the best ever. (Plus he is just really smart and cool!) Love all the pictures. They all make me smile. Nana
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