Little Prodigy

We had Jack's school conferences with his first grade teacher this week and I have to admit, I had one of those "I have the best kids in the world" moments. I'm constantly amazed at how smart he is! His teacher told us he scored either 1st or 2nd in his grade in math (out of 7 first grade classes). He is doing math and reading at a third grade level - in his second month of 1st grade. His teacher has been so great for him! She has his doing math and reading at his own level vs letting his learn with his class. She does one on one math with him when the other students are working on other work. She also has him doing some AR (advanced reading) courses on their computer system, to test how smart he is. WOW! So I'm sorta planning on just coasting in my career, and waiting until Jack makes the big bucks, and then just live off him for the rest of my life....that is if his pro baseball career doesn't take off :) JK JK JK, but it could happen! ;) But wanna know another cool thing? His teacher said it feels like she has another adult to talk to in the classroom with Jack. Sometimes it's a long day with a bunch of 1st graders, but with Jack in the room she feels like she's talking to an adult. I love it.

My baby turns 1!

I can't believe it. My little man turned 1 today :) It was such a great day, he was so darn happy all day. We went to dinner at Applebee's and he was being such a goofball the whole time. He go to try ice cream for the first time, and the look on his face was absolutely priceless. I'm glad I got it on video! It's a bummer his bday is a day I won't ever be able to take off....it's always going to be a busy day for me, so I was sorta bummed that I didn't get off work and home until after 5:30. I did though get a lot of fun time with him tonight. He fell asleep on the way home, so I'm sorta debating waking him up so I can play with him for a bit. JK! I know, I gotta let the little guy sleep. He's just so darn cute though! We were also able to have Parker's bday party this weekend. He got to smash his very own homemade, personalized chocolate cake for his bday...compliments of his Grandma Halverson. He loved it! Well not at first. He got his hands full of chocolate and that little lip came out! After he figured out he could eat it that was the end of it. He was still looking at me though like mom, why are you letting me get this dirty! He's used to me spoon feeding him so I think he was probably a tad confused on the situation. He also got some very cool gifts! Jason and I got him a car that we can push him around it. I know it's not very useful now, but I'm hoping there's a couple more warm evenings we can take him out in in. We did get it set up on Sunday night and pushed him down the block and he LOVED it. He squeeled when we started pushing it, he was so excited about it. It'll be usefull for him for a couple years, so I'm hoping we get a lot of use on it in the spring/summer. Parker also got some very cool gifts from his family. Grandma and Grandpa Halverson got him some luggage so we don't have to use laundry baskets when we stay at their place. This is going to come in handy for us. It's such a great gift. Parker also got a 3 in 1 walker thingy from Tara, Rob, Sara, and Josh. He loves it. I keep pushing the buttons and Parker will start to dance to the music. It's so cute!

I can't believe how fast this year has gone. It's been such a gift to be able to see out little boy grow over the past year. I keep remembering back to when I went into labor with him last year. Can't wait for another year with my boys. I LOVE them so much!

That's all for now :)