Just wanted to give a big shout out to the Sister from church who Facebook messaged me today on behalf of her husband. Up until you asked so nicely in your message, I had absolutely no idea that my child had any sort of social issues or learning delays. Thank you so much for pointing out something that no doctor, counselor, psychologist, preschool teacher, classroom teacher, resource teacher or speech and language pathologist has ever pointed out before. I can't believe we've missed something this glaringly obvious for the last 11 years. Thank you so much for asking what type of punishment or discipline would be appropriate for him in a primary class when he doesn't act like a "normal" child would. Because seriously, punishment will solve all of our problems. It's done wonders for the last 11 years. Lets not just try to correct the behavior and keep reminding him of how he should behave while showing him that he's loved and valued in a primary setting. Let's belittle him and get angry and punish him for not behaving normal. And while we do all that, let's ignore the new kid that just moved in and has decided that tormenting my child for not acting like all the other kids is fun and isn't adding to the problem. Now that I know that my child has developmental delays and social issues and you've told me how to fix them ... I figure I'll try to tackle world peace and childhood hunger.

Now to convince myself that the kid will survive his first scout campout this weekend ... while the hubby is in Philadelphia. Luckily they are just camping out near Kuna, so not too far away. Considering he hasn't spent the night anywhere but at his grandparents house, hopefully he and his leaders and the other boys won't come home scarred for life. Thank heavens the new kid from the previous paragraph is already 12 so I won't have to deal with the fallout from that on Saturday.

The boy is home for spring break this week. He came home yesterday and it's been good to see him. His first year of college is going to pretty well I think. Grades seem to be okay. He got accented to be an residence advisor next year which is great. We won't have to pay for housing or food. That saves us a small fortune ... close to four grand a semester. I won't say he's excited about it, but he's finally getting an idea of how much everything costs so we wants his money to last. Better late than never to finally get that idea.

The girl has her first lacrosse game tomorrow ... it also conflicts with her choir concert, which is a grade. Hopefully the coach gets that school functions that you get graded on are first ... no matter what. So, she's going to her game for a half, then rushing to get to the school in time for her group to perform. She's pretty nervous. Hopefully she plays well, she's been working hard at home as well as at practice. We also had a boy show up Thursday night to decorate her room and ask her to prom ... pretty exciting. Now we've got to find a dress. Hopefully it won't be too hard ... or too expensive. We've also signed her up for AFY (Adventure for Youth) with her friend Megan. It's in July and at Badger Creek in Teton Valley where I grew up. Not cheap, but I think that it will be good for her, probably better that EFY or BYS. They are super excited. They get to go white water rafting, horseback riding, rock climbing, do archery and tons of other outdoorsy survival type stuff while focusing on church stuff as well. I think they get to dance and have a talent show at well. I love that we are able to provide that kind of stuff for her.