I say "_____", you say "Lion"

Christopher and Matthew's parent/teacher conferences were last night. Matthew's conference featured:

• his picture journal (1st entry: football players, 2nd entry, football players, another entry..."da lions and da vikings"),
  
• his handwriting (doing well),
  
• his social acumen (he has two best buddies, Ali and Noah, and they do everything together). Teacher has learned not to seat them together....when they tell the class to take seats, if the teacher say "Sit responsibly, where you won't get into trouble" the three of them know to sit apart from each other, but, if the teacher forgets to say that, they're together like glue.

And, the highlight of my evening, doing well in participation. Just yesterday, the class was learning about the letter 'N'. One of the activities is to sit around and tell the teacher words beginning with the new letter, and she'll write them on the board. First up, hand in the air excitedly is Matthew, who says "Nittany!". Teacher looks at him funny, says, Matthew that's not a word, and the student intern speaks up and corrects her, saying it is a word and she'll explain it to the teacher later.

Woo hoo!

Christopher entry next.

Pirates of Penzance Jr. opens tonight for a 2-night tour.