A proud Mom
I was planning to write this particular blog yesterday because of my overwhelming happiness but duty calls first as a mom and wife, so in short, I forgot all about it ’till the rest of the night. Anyhu, my blog tonite is about my son, Nathan .. again. He is currently in Kindergarten 2 … preparatory to Primary 1 / Grade 1. He is 5 years old and can already read on his own. Yesterday, Monday, I totally forgot that they were going to have their first batch of spelling words for this year. The teachers would normally give us the spelling words prior, then us, as parents have the responsibility to teach him those words so he will be ready when the spelling day comes. Apparently, I was too busy studying these past weekend that it totally slipped my mind. I just realized it when I saw his notebook while I was emptying his bag. I asked him, "Nate, did you had your spelling today?" He said, "Yes Mama." I asked him how did he do. He said, "I’ve got 3 ticks and 2 exes." I said, "What?! You’re kidding!" He said, "No. I’ve got ticks on "pretty", "longest" & "snug" while exes on "best" and "fancy". You noticed that he got ticks on harder and longer words… yeah i know, I noticed it too. 
And what the hell is snug anyway?! I really have to look it up on dictionary.com to confirm what Nathan told me, he was right. Anyway, eventhough he’s really heavy for me already, I pick him up and throw him in the air, just like what we do on 1 - 2 yr old kids. Mind you, after that, my back really hurt! The point is, he did those scores on his own! I was really ecstatic that I called his kindergarten teacher and beg her to tell the whole story. The teacher was quite concerned because its not likely for Nathan to not get perfect scores on his spelling because she knew that we always back him up here at home. I just told her that Nathan wasn’t ready for the spelling yet he got 3 ticks! For me that is an achievement. Nevertheless, I was really proud of him!
