no tutoring monday, after school speech part 50 and redecorating

On Monday, SJ was supposed to have after school tutoring.  Bob had mentioned to me that Mrs. Banks had left school early and said she may be a few minutes late for SJ's session.  I told him that was fine, since we didn't have any other plans that night.  SJ was whining as usual about having tutoring, but I reminded him (once again) that it wasn't his decision. 

Around 4:00, the phone rang.  I didn't recognize the number, but it was local.  It was Mrs. Banks.  She had a doctor's appointment earlier in the day.  She wasn't feeling 100% and wanted to know if it was okay if we cancelled the session.  Of course if it was up to SJ, it would be a no brainer.  However, it is up to me.  I told her that was fine and gave her well wishes. 

I told SJ the news (good news if you ask him) and we continued on with our normal evening routine.  We had dinner, they played video games, they had a snack and then got ready for bed.  Pretty boring, I know. 

The next day, SJ had his after school speech session.  He was complaining about going, but I reminded him that he already had reading tutoring cancelled this week.  His speech therapist said he did a nice job with her.  They worked on vocabulary.  She said there were still quite a few words that he had trouble with.  She had given me "tame" as an example.  I thought he should have known that word, but he possibly may have never learned that. 

She said they also went over associated objects, such as bread and __________.  He would need to put in the word butter.  She assigned him a worksheet on those for homework last week.  We hadn't finished it, but she asked that we finish them for next week. 

We left speech and made our way to Target.  SJ's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks.  I wanted SJ to pick out some new curtains and a lamp for his room.  (He still had the items in the Cars decor, which is too "little kidish" for an 11 year old.)  He also wanted to get an alarm clock for his room.  We looked at all the models that Target had.  It was a big decision, but he ended up getting a Venturer clock radio.  He can use the traditional radio or plug his IPod into it.  It also came with different "skins", so he can swap them out.  He was particularly excited over the plain white one.  He wanted to draw the characters from his comic books on that one. 

After we decided on the alarm clock, we went to look at curtains.  He quickly found an orange colored set (really they are rust colored) and then picked out a very modern looking lamp.  He did a great job picking out the new items for his room. 

When we got home, he designed the skin for the alarm clock.  It turned out well.  He loves it!  We hung the curtains and replaced the lamp.  I was a little sad to see the Cars things go into the Goodwill box, but he is just not a little guy anymore.