Stone Family Update

I left a little early to meet up with Juliet this morning.  It was rainy, but pretty mild, so it wasn't bad.  I ran from here and on the trail up to Mama Stortini's parking lot where I always meet Juliet in the mornings.  We had a good 6 mile run and then I ran back home, so I got close to 10 miles in this morning.  I felt pretty good.  I'm glad Juliet runs with me because it makes the miles go by a lot faster than running by myself. 

We had parent teacher conferences last night and they went good.  We found out a couple of interesting things.  Cody is VERY shy.  He was hiding behind us while we talked to his teachers (he has one teacher who he goes to for extra help), and they said that is how he is in class every day.  He must get that from his daddy, I was also extremely shy in early grade school.  But he is doing well with his numbers and letters, he just needs to come out of his shell a bit.  Dallas is doing extraordinary in school.  His teacher was beaming talking about how wonderful it is to have him in class and how she is privileged to be his teacher.  She says he cracks jokes at appropriate times, and that he understands sarcasm already unlike most kids his age I guess.  She said he is a natural leader and has lots of friends and that people are drawn to him.  She also recommended us having him tested to enter a school program for "highly capable learners".  She also said it is totally up to us if we want to keep him in his regular school classes, but she did leave us a pamphlet.  We are thinking we will let him take the test to see if he even qualifies or not, and then make our decision from there as a family.  I would like to see him excel in school, but at the same time I would like him to feel like a normal kid with normal friends.

Things have been going good for us and we are looking forward to spending time with family at the holidays.  Also a great time to dust off some good Christmas songs.