Being Thankful

My ISP has been having problems so I haven't been online as much as I would like.Now that it is fixed my time is limited since tomorrow is Thanksgiving.

Thanks Dot and Andrea for checking on me.We had about two inches of snow last Thursday and overnight Thursday night.By the time I got Friday morning there was only a dusting of snow on the ground.It had been warmer in the week so the snow melted as soon as it hit the ground.

This is my grandson Jeremy's first grade picture.We are so very proud of how well he is doing in school and thankful that he doesn't have any serious learning problems.He was born 6 weeks premature weighing only 3 pounds 3 ounces.He was in the NICU for two weeks and in the regular hospital nursery for a week until he reached 4 pounds.Then he was allowed to come home.

He has weak hands and some developmental delays but nothing too serious.He is in the special ed program at school.This year he is in the regular first grade classroom all day except for the hour he spends with the special ed teacher reinforcing what he has learned during the day.An occupational therapist comes to the school and works with him to gain more hand strength.Handwriting is his weakness.Last Friday they got their second report card.He got straight A's.The special ed teacher wanted to keep in back in kindergarten last year due to his immaturity.We knew that he was smart and could do first grade work so our daughter went against the special ed teacher's recommendation.Our grandson is excelling in first grade so we are quite pleased with the decision to promote him to first grade.This is a little of Nana's bragging time but it just makes me so proud of how well he is doing and how well he has adjusted being with his first grade peers most of the school day.