Proud Momma

As if I needed another reason to brag about Andrew...

I had my first teacher conference for him today. I met with the lead teacher (he has 3 teachers in all), and the first thing she said was, "We LOVE Andrew. He comes up with the funniest things to say. He tells us that 'Teachers have a very hard job'. We love that." She must have said that they love him 5 times throughout the conference. She said that he only plays with the boys (after being in playgroups with only girls for 3 years, he probably finds it refreshing to have boys around). He is just starting to loosen up and be silly in class...apparently he's been very serious about school up until now. She said that he and his best friend Matthew are a great balance for each other, each bringing out new strengths in the other (Andrew settles him down, and Matthew helps Andrew to cut loose). He is working hard at his fine motor skills like cutting and tracing. She has never seen the frustrated, sore loser Andrew that I know and love so well. Apparently he is perfectly willing to try new things and play games in school. Yea, Andrew!

So all in all...we all love Andrew. And school is such a good thing for him. The influence of other kids has made him try new things and he listens to his teachers and all good things! I asked if there was anything we needed to work on, and she said, "Nope! Andrew is just perfect! We just love him!"

I walked out of that conference beaming like the sun in July. Proud Momma.