hey mom! look at my report card!

Yesterday was report card day at our school.  Bob was fretting all day about showing me his.  Mind you, he got all A's (and some high ones at that!).  However, he was told if he had forgotten to turn in more than 3 homework assignments, he would be punished.  (Last 9 weeks, he had missed 8 assignments.  That is just laziness and it is unacceptable!)  When I picked them up from the office, Bob was sulking and SJ was beaming.  "Well, I missed 4 assignments," said Bob.  "You know what is going to happen now, right?" I asked him.  "Yes, I lose video games for a while," sighed Bob.  "I will discuss it with your dad as soon as he gets home," I replied.  Bob half-cried and complained the whole way home.

SJ was so excited to show me his report card.  He wanted to show me in the car, but I told him to wait until we got home.  I didn't want to crash the car looking at the report card.  I got in the house first.  Bob lumbered up the stairs and ran to his room.  SJ came running up the stairs and pulled his report card out of his book bag. 

"Hey mom!  Look at my report card!  I got four A's (in spelling, social studies, science and math) and two B's (in reading and language arts)!  I even went up in three areas!" exclaimed SJ.  "That is awesome!" I said to SJ. He improved his grades in reading, science and math.  We are so proud of him!  It was so nice to see how excited he was that he is doing well in school.  His teacher is great and he has a few aides in the room that are doing a fantastic job with him. 

My husband and I decided to take away Bob's video games for just two days.  Originally, I thought I would do a week, but I felt that he already punished himself with all the fretting he did in the last few days.  He did get all A's, so he must be doing something right! 

I am so glad that both Bob and SJ are doing well in school!  With all the struggles that SJ's has had, it is amazing to see him in a typical classroom of a typical school doing as well as many of the typical students!  Five years ago, I didn't think that this would be possible.  I am so glad that I was wrong!