Way to go Christopher!

This afternoon, Mom came over to watch Christopher and Anneli, so that Shaun and I could attend Parent Conferences with Christopher's Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Hooper. It was a nice visit with his teacher. I've come to know her quite well this year as I volunteer at the school as much as I can, some things have included taking pictures for the yearbook, coordinating all Snack Parties for Christopher's Class, going on a field trip to the grocery store, working the bookfair in the fall and the spring, assembling AM/PM scrapbooks, reading to the class and anything else that they may need.
Anyways, we got a good report from Mrs. Hooper about Christopher. She said that he is the youngest in either of her classes and he is the most dependable. He is very bright and is certainly ready for first grade. She said there are two kids in the class that read rather well--Christopher and another friend of his. She pairs them together to read a more complex book while she helps the other kids read another book. We were glad to know that she tries to challenge him a bit! One thing she commented on was his ability to form sentences. Each day they write a sentence or two in their ABC Booklets. For example one day they were focusing on the letter "O". They choose an object from a list and then they have to write a sentence. He chose and "Octopus". He then wrote the next sentence perfectly. "The octopus blends into the ocean sands." She commented that his sentences and comments are very "learning channel" like. We laughed because he LOVES watching the history channel, animal planet and the learning channel! He is also obsessed with books that teach him about things like animals and tornados. It was fun flipping through his booklet and seeing what he writes about. We should set up a Blog for him...that's an idea...

We are so proud of you Christopher! Keep up the great work!