Seth's Teacher

Yesterday, on the way home from school, Seth said, "Mom, I'm always the fuhst one to get my mohning wohrk done."

"Seth," I replied, "maybe you should spend more time on it to make sure you are doing a good job. Are you getting it done first because you are racing or because it is easy?"

"It's easy," he sniffed.

When we got home from church on Wednesday night, there was a message from Seth's teacher, Mrs. Owens. Just a routine call, she explained on the voice mail, to all the students parents to update them on their kid's progress.

I called her back. I couldn't wait to hear what she was going to say.

She was just as nice as could be. "Seth's doing great," she said. He is reading quite well. She built Seth up with several positive compliments, but I could tell she was headed towards something. "Seth needs to slow down a little bit with his work." I almost laughed. and told her what he said. "Yes, Seth is very excitable," I replied. I think she was a tad relieved that I didn't get defensive. (it wasn't like she was telling me something I didn't know--this kid came out of the womb looking for a party). She said there was a little group of boys who have been rather lively (guess who's in that pack?) but she's been working them. She even has her answer to Mrs. Ellis' errands--HALL PASSES, and lots of them. Seth is always being sent on little trips to "help out". "They are 6 and 7 years old, and it's hard for them to stay still for a long time," she said (thank the Lord for a teacher who understands little boys!) She also told me that Seth's hand shoots up for every question (guess he knows everything). The school OT is making a weighted pencil for Seth to help him with his writing. His fine motor skills are okay, but could use some honing, as his hand trembles when he focuses on writing, drawing or any small motor task that requires concentration.

All in all, our Sethie is doing a great job in school, just like Zac. I look forward to the October conferences to get more details from the boys' school years.