Monday's

This week promises to be pretty busy, but at the same time very fun. Victoria went back to school today for the first day since her surgery. She was a little whiny(over her breakfast, over her cloths, over her shoes, over her coat)...a lot spoilt....it may take a little while for that to work itself out!

We have a short week with school this week. Everyone will be in school today and tomorrow and then home for the Thanksgiving Holliday.

We are working on Stuarts Senior page for the yearbook. Hard to decide what pictures to put on the page! Stuart continues to do such a good job! He is working hard and studying hard.

Carlton, Sam and Zack have had a tough few days!! How frustrating. Carlton brought home his report card(that he did not "remember" to show us until this morning before school). Not great by any streatch of the imagination! Maybe the worst part is the fact that he CAN do well! One set of grades went somewhat like this: 100,22,100,45,100,0,100,67,100,54,100 ....etc! Of the entire set of grades (21), he had twelve 100's and still recived a low D! Every other day he manages to do his work...and then every other day slides! We talked to him this morning for a long time. Carlton's grades (or any of our childrens) do not affect us (mom and dad), they DO affect the child!! They can rob them of future dreams. Right now, the odds of Carlton getting to go to Washington as an 8th grader is gone. It is very unlikely he will be able to recover. Even if he puts forth great effort and truly changes his outlook...the past cannot be redone! I wish our children would have the ability to see the "big picture"!! I do beleive that having that in sight helps in making sound choices!

Chelsea is still in Atlanta with friends. She is having a nice break after working hard to get all her work done before Thanksgiving break! She will be home Tuesday.