it was the best of days, it was the worst of days...

Ok - not really, that's a bit overly dramatic - but I liked the sound of it. In truth, I did get some great news today and also had a weird, rather negative thing happen too.

The good news first. Aaron had "MAP testing" today. He went into it with a pretty good attitude, and I was absolutely thrilled when the teacher told me this after noon that he did GREAT! The kids do the testing 3 times a year, and the average increase each test for students is 3 points. Aaron had the largest increase of any student in his class.

Wanna take a wild guess how many points Aaron's reading score went UP????


Oh come on... guess....


26 points!!!!! ya - 26!!!!!!! (he said it was 29, so maybe I heard wrong, but I heard 26, so until I get the paper, I'm saying a 26 point increase. (of course, I HAD to ask where that put him as far as "grade level" and she said he has only about 4 points to go to be where he needs to be, and I am not clueless enough to think that we are out of the woods yet - I am all too aware that he still has serious challenges with reading comprehension, but those things not withstanding - I am so proud of him. maybe there IS light at the end of this tunnel! (and yes Jen, if you have some tricks and/or tips for me, I'd love them.)


now - the bad news. This morning I was actually working pretty steady - folding laundry, when trouble hit.

Caleb found a pair of scissors. He caught me totally off guard - Bryan too apparently, and he cut a nice slice right into the side of Bryan's ear. What a crazy mess! I called the nurse at the pediatricians office. I told her what happened, what the wound looked like, etc... and she said, "um, I've never heard of something like this happening, let me double check." Ya - me neither, but trust it to my children to break new ground...

Bryan now has 2 stitches in his ear. (I meant to take a picture of the ear, but life was a little crazy today, so maybe tomorrow...)