Last night was the 1st
parent evening for the term…. Quite frankly I hate parent meetings and if I
could I would avoid them at all costs but unfortunately for me I have found
that when you have a child or children that require extra attention a parent
meeting is something you do not miss- you want to make sure that you talk to
the teacher regarding your child’s progress every chance that you get that you
are kept up to date with every little smidge of information no matter how small
or fruitless it may seem.
No Gabriel for some reason cannot
seem to wrap his mind around this he kept on asking me to get uncle (hubby) to
fix it and make it come on- we have pre-paid electricity so he knows that when
we run out we just reload so he seems to think it is along the same lines and
nothing can convince him otherwise.
Anyway so I get them in the bath
and of course Loghan and Gabriel are going at each other every 2 seconds and
poor Jesse is like for mercies sake woman get me out of this bath and away from
these two monkey brothers of mine, in any case after successfully getting all
three in and out of the bath we went downstairs while I tried to navigate the
household chores and bag packing etc, the electricity did come on thank fully
just as hubby walked through the door and eventually I managed to rush out the
door at 6:45 with supper on the table (thanks mom) and everything in order…
well for the most part.
So after navigating around no
parking and eventually parking about a kilometre away from the school and
walking up we then had to sit through an hour of school notices and speeches
that ended with the principal doing the ice bucket challenge.
Now I have a big issue with the
ice bucket challenge just like I have an issue with the no makeup selfie, I of
course support the causes behind the challenges ALS and Breast cancer however I
have a huge issue with what people have turned this into making it about
themselves and Facebook/ YouTube and not about making a donation or drawing
attention to the actual cause because that is what it is about you are supposed
to make a donation and raise awareness I don’t think I can count the amount of
people on one hand who actually did that.
That aside we then had to go to
our children’s classes I went to Gabriel’s and my ex went on to Loghan’s- Gabriel’s
teacher is an absolute star she was Loghan’s teacher in grade R and she has the
patience of a saint she truly does and she is just wonderful.
After she finished with her whole
spiel I asked her how Gabriel is doing- the answer I got was not the one I was
hoping for- he is throwing tantrums and not wanting to follow the rules etc. now
I knew he would struggle because the crèche that he is come from was very
relaxed with very little firm structure which is fine I mean they were still
small of course now however he needs to conform to the routine and structure
that is the way things go and throwing tantrums will not be tolerated, he is
going through some serious middle child syndrome I know it will pass and we
just need to work at helping him and giving him the right sort of attention at
the right times will not encouraging the negative but hells bells I am tired so
tired still we press on a mothers job is to always seek out a solution to never
stop encouraging and showing your love even when times are tough.
So I left his class very much in
a downer but was determined to get better news from Loghan’s side and
thankfully he has been doing really well and we are so incredibly proud of the
progress he has made- to think at one stage we were told he would never survive
a main stream school and here he is he has proved everyone who said that wrong
he is doing so well and he has really come into his own academically as well as
with his peers and teachers- I have seen how difficult it can be for an adhd
child to navigate through these daily tasks and again I could not be more proud
of how far he has come and I’m sure from here it can only get better every day.
I am proud of Gabriel to of course I am but I know his potential is way more than this- I know what an amazing and special child he is and I know if we work at it he will reach his potential or beyond!
One thing they do not lie about
when the talk about parenthood is that it is not an easy journey there will be
many days of happiness and so much love but also tons of trials and bumps in
the road, we are privileged and blessed to be sent on this journey, being a
parent is not a right it is a privilege and one I am ever so grateful to have
been given in this life.
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