Because this week so far has been all about Tobyn why not have another piece of exciting news from school? Tobyn has been chosen as one of 8 from the whole school to be involved in a special writing group. At his school they have a gifted and talented program but T has never been chosen for it before…finally he is being noticed and it is so cool that it is happening at the beginning of this year…it sets things up for him to do so well and to be so proud of himself! When we came home today he went straight to his room to do his homework…and he did a great job. Maybe things are fianally connecting for him, I hope so!
And now a catch up of my 365, because I am really behind on the blog update!
This is my fill in photo for Day 23. I wanted a photo of T in his new running gear but he was not obliging. I got one and he was so upset I had to delete it, but I did finally get one and here it is. As good as I am going to get I think. Dad sometimes runs the last little bit with him.
Next is Friday of that week, the last official day of school holidays before the last weekend and a new year. Our young friend, A, came and did some more crafting in the afternoon. T finished his scrapbook page he started 2 weeks earlier. And he did a great job with a page about all the cats we have had.
In the morning we had been to the paediatrician again to check T’s growth. He is growing at 4.4cm’s/year. The average child grows at about 5cm/year. So he is a little behind but not too much. Everything is pretty much where it should be for his bone age, which is 18 months behind his actual age. The Dr wants to see him every 6 months for the next few years.
I am not sure yet which photo I am going to use for that Friday, because I have this funny photo of Tobyn…what animals live upside down? Apart from bats.
Tobyn!
This is his favourite position to watch TV at the moment!
Then the weekend…
Steve finished the area around Isaac’s sandpit and it looks awesome. Isaac really enjoyed being outside doing something similar to what Daddy was doing.
For me I spent some time scrapping and some time fluffing not too sure what to do. It was a bit of a week of that!
This was one of the products of my day. I have been trying to scrap photos that have been sitting around loose in my scraproom. With my organisation I decided it was very important to clear these away. This was one back when I was 19 and did my enrolled nursing training. I was a very underconfident teen. I didn’t do very well at high school, despite being pretty bright and being in the top stream when I entered 3rd form. Over my 5 years there I developed a very poor self image and didn’t believe I could do anything worthwhile. I applied for Teacher’s College but I was only 16, so too young. I was pushed ahead at primary school and so was a year younger than my peer’s at high school and clearly too immature. So when I was turned down from T Col I took it personally, thinking I was too dumb. So I got a job in a pharmacy. I had a great employer and he encouraged me to go on and do nursing. I didn’t think I would be good enough to do registered nursing so I went for enrolled. I got through without having to do much work! In 1993 I went on to do my nursing degree and did very well, we didn’t get grades but my marks were always in the high 80’s. So I think I just needed a bit of maturity.
Well that was a waffle!
Onto Sunday…and the end of my first month of 365. Sunday saw me buy and cover books for school. I love covering the books and I love seeing the finished product. But the cover I got was a nightmare!!! I wasted one whole roll, grrr. But in the end they looked great. Day 29’s photo is the before photo
Monday’s photo is the one of Tobyn’s first day at school. And Yesterday and today I still need to download, so they can wait a couple more days.
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