Finn's Update

Finn's schedule is full of all kinds of fun.  He is continuing his music class that he began last year and is doing a great job learning the piano and music theory.  He also has begun (finally!) weekly tennis lessons and is improving rapidly there.  He really enjoys tennis and looks forward to his Wednesday lesson every week.  He says he wants to be "really, really good" at tennis, so we will see what that means.  And on Saturdays he is still working on his swim lessons.  Mid-July he had a major setback with swimming and the last several months have been working on regaining his trust and confidence.  I was just about to toss in the towel last week and then he had a great lesson and was doing well.  It's honestly one week at a time with it, but I'm hoping he will get there.

In school, Finn is doing well.  His reading is progressing and he has recently found a love of Magic Treehouse Books.  They are still fairly difficult for him, so we work on reading them together slowly.  I'm just glad he has found something that he wants to read!  And in math his teacher says he is one of her top students.  He does a great job but I have to admit that when I try to help him at home I often do not understand his logic and reasoning.  Somehow he will get the correct answer (most of the time) but I have no idea how he got there doing what he was doing.  It's funny to me, as Kai and I tend to think and process the same way, but Finn's logic does not seem at all logical to me! 

He has finally lost his two front teeth.  He waited until the just fell out of his mouth.  The last day he could not eat at all and he could easily twist and manipulate this tooth.  The first of the two front teeth was actually lost on the Sunday of the Primary Program.  He sat through the program with a tissue as it was bleeding a bit and another family sitting towards the front of the chapel admitted to watching his tooth throughout the program--it was loose enough that they could tell!  We all thought it would come out during the program but it made it until opening exercises of primary the next hour.  Sheew!  I don't know what we would have done had he interrupted the program with his tooth issues!  

Our trip to the dentist occurred before he lost the front teeth and the hygienist was not impressed at all with his "brushing" of the front teeth.  The dentist had to tell her that it was probably hard to brush the front teeth with them being as wiggly as they were, which was exactly right.  And I should know since I'm the one that still brushes his teeth.

Finn has been swimming with Ms. Sophie and keeping a consistent teacher for the last two months has been very helpful.  She is very patient with him and he enjoys his time with her (for the most part).

The 1st grade sampler is a night for the kids to show their parents what they are learning in their "specials" classes.  We do mini-rotations and go to technology, library, art, music, PE, and counseling,  Finn was very excited for this night and the chance to take me to school and show me what he was doing.  He really is loving school, which is a welcome relief.

Another month, another shipment of medical supplies.  He has had a slew of health issues (mostly minor) these past two months.  But that is for another post.  

Of course, October was also Finn's birthday and so that deserves a post all on it's own.  As far as school and extra circular activities go, Finn is doing great, having fun, and contributing to running me around town like crazy.