Making up for lost time

So I have been a little behind on my posting. So I will start with Kenzie.

A two weekends ago Rob and MacKenzie attended the "Me and My Guy" dance for the local girl scouts. They had a great time. Kenzie really enjoyed going out with me to find the perfect dress and shoes. I even borrowed a curling iron from Kim (Thanks Kim) and curled her hair. Unfortunately her hair doesn't hold curl very well so they had all fallen out by the time she came home but she loved it andyway. After their dance Daddy stop and bought his little girl ice cream.



And more exciting news is the on Friday MacKenzie brought home her third marking period report card. Once again our little smarty pants is on the A/B Honor Roll. Surprisingly she got exactly all the same grades in the core subjects. The only changes were a better grade in Gym and a lower grade in Art. The Art teacher commented that MacKenzie is very enthusiastic about her art projects but she doesn't seem to be able to complete them on time. So she is going to work on that. But here are her grades again.

Reading A

Writing B+

Math B

Social Studies A

Science B

Listening S

Oral Language S

Art S-

Gym S+

Music S

And for those of you we haven't told a few weeks ago we received a packet in the mail saying that MacKenzie had been put into the pool to be further tested to be part of the Gifted Education program next year. Rob and I had to fill out a bunch of papers giving our permission and answering questions about Kenzie's likes, habits, strengths, weaknesses, and what she does at home that applies to learning. Then they started testing her first was Math and then was Reading, Writing will be soon. We were very surprised when Kenzie came home and told us that after the reading test the teacher told her that she is not reading on a third grade level but on the sixth grade level. We are thrilled but shocked since MacKenzie learned to read write and spell in German and within 6 months of being in an American school she was on the honor roll and reading three grades higher than she is in. We are very proud of her and will do everything we can to support and encourage her to achieve anything she sets her mind to. We should know if she made it into the gifted program before school gets out.