Wwhhheewww

Today is Zach's 8th birthday.  He came bounding up the stairs this morning when he woke up, looked at me and said "Happy Birthday!" 
Oh, thanks Zach, is it my birthday????  
NO MOM, IT'S MINE!!! 
Oh, yeah, I guess it is.... Happy Birthday, Love Bug.
This is our second birthday with Zach, and we can't wait to do this for the rest of our lives!!!!

When the mail came today there was a letter from Zach's school.  Mike handed it to me and we looked at each other nervously...... after all, at the end of third quarter, his teacher expressed the concern that he had missed too much school this year between his adoption trip to China and his bladder surgery.  Funny, when I told her we had asked the Principal about getting him a school tutor while he was out for the surgery the teacher said she wished she had known that, he really needed to have one.  Anyway, we were all supposed to meet in May to talk about whether Zach would repeat first grade or move on to second.  The end of the  year was busy as always, and we never did have that meeting.  Today's letter was his report card and his school supply list for SECOND grade!!!  I'm glad.  He's smart and I fear he would have been bored and causing trouble if he was held back.  We see what he needs to work on and all the boys have school workbook time every day this summer.  He even improved a lot on his English as a second language and extra reading class that goes along with it.  When I remind everyone that he has only been in the USA for 3 years and did not speak ANY English when he got here..... well it's amazing he does so well.  I'm not sure I would be as far along as he is.

Happy Birthday to my little cowboy.  Quit growing up so fast!!