second term teacher meetings

Today was our teacher meeting with Rachel, Nathans teacher, and yesterday we had Rebecca over, for Genevieve.  How lucky am I to have these wonderful teachers support us!  It has been a little bit of a rough term for us, filled with ups and downs.  Both Rachel and Rebecca, were able to help me see it through their eyes all of the wonderful learning we have accomplished in this term.  I don't feel as organized this term, and I don't really like that, but sometimes you have to just roll with life, and I am trying to do that.

Nathan and I had a wonderful conversation this evening.  I asked him how he liked his chemistry class that he went to on Tuesday.   He said it was soooo awesome, he said it was really good that I talked to the teacher ahead of time and let her know he could not do the writing portion.  When he was worried about going I asked him why, and he told me that that was why he was worried, I told him to tell the teacher himself that he has Ehlers Danlos, and dislocates his fingers, he said but what if she is like some of my other teachers and just doesn't believe me.  So I told the teacher for him.  And then he said and it was so awesome being able to read the directions on my paper.  I knew he had trouble getting sick while reading, but I had no idea what a struggle reading was for him!  I almost started crying when he told me this.  I said oh Nathan school must have been so hard for you when you attended.  He said it was pretty hard, reading made me sick, I could not hear the direction, read the directions, and I could not print well.  I said how did that make you feel.  He said I felt pretty dumb.  I said you know that is not true now right Nathan?  He said yes I know now because I am homeschooling it is so much easier to learn things.  He said, also I know that I know things that most kids my age do not know or understand.  Then I said to him Nathan you know now that you can read books with lots of words on the page, you can read anything you want.  You don't have to rely on me or anyone else to teach you something, if you are interested in something you can just pick up a book.  When I started to talk to him about this, he had started reading steven hawkings book a brief history of time.  He went to bed reading a highschool level chemistry text book, as he wanted me to find him a book that explained atoms to him.  I am unbelievably happy for him, and how much a simple heart medication has done for him.  It has literally changed his entire world, he is a new kid! 

Poor gigi was exhausted today, she has 2 hrs of hockey and then 2 hrs of cheer.  When I picked her up from cheer, I turned on her katy perry song for her to sing and practice.  She said no I don't want to do this, I replied gigi you need to practice.   She said, no mom, I am exhausted, and I am hungry, I don't want to practice, I just want to go home and go to bed.  I put her in the bath when we got home with Epsom salts as the poor girl was crying with muscle cramping.  She forgot to bring her water bottle to hockey and I think she got a little dehydrated.  I had made them their favourite carrot/celery, spinach and fruit smoothy. guess I should have added something salty.  She went to bed happy though after her bath.

another busy, but happy homeschooling day!  I cant wait to see what these two do next :)