that makes two

We had Ryan's evaluation at the developmental pediatrician on Friday. He was, as we suspected, diagnosed with hyperactive ADD/ADHD. Since there have been issues (including physical agression) at school, we opted for Daytrana for him as well.



As a part of his testing, she tested intelligence. Ryan also tested "Significantly Above Average". He actually beat out the big brother by a few points. Now, if only we can get this kid the saem confidence in the classromm as he has on the playground!



this combined with the termination of the multi-age program has me more than a little concerned about the future of my children's education - not to mention pissed at the district.

A Low Pressure System to the South...

Andy likes the weather. He has to watch Dr. Mel every morning. He is first in line to check out weather.com at school. He's trying to figure out what the numbers mean to him. (How cold is 28, Mom?) So, we've asked Santa to bring him a mini-weather station.

see how it shows him what to wear? it has indoor and outdoor temp, barometer, sunrise/sunset and other cool stuff. The kid is going to FLIP!

I had to scan this in to show you how this 6-year-old thinks.

This is a weather map of the US. See us in CT? he labeled it. That thng sticking out of the west coast is California. He even drew in Alaska, but he didn't have enough paper for Hawaii. Those boxes are states. The midwest is pretty square - so he says. Notice all the rain in the northwest and the cold air masses over Canada? Those "L"s are a low pressure system moving north. There is a frontal boundary in there too.

just for giggles, here is today's weather map (couldnt find yesterday's) from weather.com

he did his map strictly from memory...