An update is overdue I think. Today is the last day for Jake before half-term and it cannot come too soon. He has succumbed to the end of term mania and exhaustion. This hasn’t been helped by a hacking cough and viral infection last week. This moved from his chest to his tongue. Poor Jake was in a lot of pain and quite beside himself. This has had an effect on his sleeping pattern. He keeps waking in the night and taking a long time to get himself to sleep.
This morning his behaviour was off the scale(for Jake that is) and both Amy and myself were left feeling quite ragged.
Mia is quite delightful but too has her moments! This morning maybe she picked up the general stress but went into a meltdown when Amy tried to put her socks on. She has taken to riding my shoulders on the way to Sara’s. When I park I turn round in the seat and she points at my head and says “shoulders!” or “there!”. I then say, “Shoulders?” at which point she nods and says “yes!”
We went to Jake’s first year 1 parents evening and were both pleased to hear how well he is getting on. His comprehension and reading are excellent and he is very good at maths. Miss Dickson have the class a ‘surprise’ test which consisted on the first 115 most common words that they will learn by the end of year 2. Jake got 113 out of 115. An amazing 98%!