Life

We had our first conference with Henry's teacher last week. Henry is doing great in school but is acting up a bit. We asked Mr. Roeth to keep us informed about his behavior.

We got Henry's first report card last Friday. He is "Achieving" in all his reading skills, which means he has already mastered what he should know at the end of the school year. He is "Transitioning" in all his writing skills, showing growth to where he needs to be at the end of the year. "Emerging" is where he is expected to be so Henry is doing great in both those areas.

Math schools are also great. He is Achieving and even Extending (student exceeds year-end expectations) in those. Mr. Roeth is going to start giving him second grade projects since he's so advanced.

Socialization and behavior on the other hand had a few minuses. "Demonstrates self-control" and "Follows classroom routines/agreements" both are areas where Henry needs improvement. I shouldn't be too worried, he might be a bit bored and he did get checkmarks on the other 8 things. I'm proud of his school work and will work with him on behavior. I know he can read great, we read every night and I'm amazed at the words he knows.

Downtown after the Massillon McKinley game. I love this tradition but it doesn't happen every year.

The scene downtown Massillon last evening after the Tigers beat Canton 10-7 to move on in the playoffs. Blocking off the streets is a tradition in Massillon and happens after big wins over McKinley and big playoff wins. The team buses normally come through and everyone pounds on them, this year they stopped and let the team out, something a lot of people were not happy about. That should be done only after you win a state championship. I enjoyed the drive through downtown on our way to the state finals in 1982.

Just booked our airfare to Florida for spring break in March. It was a little tougher this year because of Henry being in school, we had to go certain dates. We worked around it, he will miss one day the week before his spring break starts.

I'm picking the boys up this afternoon and we are headed to Massillon. I'll drop them off with my dad/sister and head up to Cleveland for a elected official reception (Sarah went to Cleveland early this morning and will meet me there). Then we are going to see Wicked tonight.

Tomorrow morning we are picking up the barn beam for the fireplace then Sarah and the boys will head back to Columbus. I am going to see the Massillon v. McKinley game II in Akron on Saturday night and might head back after the game or might stay over in Massillon. Not sure yet.

Just got back from Cleveland. Our company President is retiring and they had an event for him which was nice. I went to the Cavs game last night then we had another meeting today. Afterwards, I went down to the lake and did a little work. No photos though, didn't have the camera.

Jack being silly.

Jack with a raspberry on his thumb.

The house definitely looks different. We are really going to have to paint and finish off the concrete block with something now.

Heading down to the lake Sunday morning for two big projects, both of which need somewhat warm weather which we are getting. First, I'll grout the kitchen floors. Then, I'll build a brick hearth below the fireplace box. If I get that done, I'll start in on staining Henry's closet and the baseboards so I can get them installed.

I plan on taking my Veteran's vacation day on Monday so I'll have two days to accomplish these projects. It might be another cold night on Sunday but I'll survive.

Henry took this photo. Pretty good one.

Henry took this photo. Pretty good one.

Not the best photo since its from a camera phone but here is the new door.

Garage door removed and the window being removed. I ended up staying down at the lake last night because there was a tarp over the garage door because the new sliding door couldn't go in until today. It was cold but I had a heater in my room so sleeping was fine.

Massillon lost to McK yesterday 35-21. We are still going to the playoffs but our RB blew out his knee so we won't go far. I believe this was my 30th year in a row (and 33rd game in a row because we played them in the playoffs a few years) but it almost didn't happen. Henry had a pretty high fever Friday night so I ended up staying home. He woke up with a normal temperature otherwise I wouldn't have made the drive up. He seems fine today.