Around The House

Ericka has been keeping busy with the usual, skating and reading. She is helping Nate clean his room and I doubt it will be long before I hear bickering. They have been cooped up because of the rain and are getting on each other's nerves, as well as ours. We are going to session later for family night so that will hopefully burn off some energy. We bought new wheels for her the other night for her skates. The new ones are made from a harder compound so they roll faster on the wood floor. She is a little nervous to make a change but she'll get used to them before the next meet. She was pretty bummed when she realized this weekend was Vegas. We were going to go and even had our hotel booked but decided it wasn't the best choice financially. We figured it would be better to save that money in case she makes it to Nationals, they are more important. Nationals last a week and can be pretty expensive. Vegas sounds much more fun than Omaha (location of N's this yr :( ) but it would be sad for her to qualify and then not be able to go because of not saving enough. She wants to go really bad but it's tough so we'll see how she does. Her next meet is Federal Way at the end of next month. Then barely 3 weeks later we will be going to Portland for Regionals.

CONFERENCES

Today we went to meet Ericka's new teacher. She says that Ericka is one of her best students and is "a pleasure to have in class". Ericka is getting A's in almost everything. Shes got a B in science. She is one of the top 5 students in the class out of almost 30. The only concern was that she isn't getting challenged enough, so the teacher says she is nominating Ericka for the Enrichment program. I don't know the specifics yet but I know they test her and if she scores high enough she will qualify. The teacher said that she will give us more info soon. I guess it is a new district wide program for gifted kids they are just starting up.
She has complained that school is too easy. The teacher says she gets her work done ahead of schedule and gets an average of 96 percent on most papers. We are very proud of her. We are keeping our fingers crossed in hopes she makes it into this program.

HER OWN PAGE

Well I couldn't leave her out!!! Since her brother has his own page I thought she might like to have one too.
Ericka is doing great. She has been growing like a weed this last year and I am starting to feel reeeealy short. She absolutely LOVES to skate and the rink has become her second home since we moved here. She has done really well this season and is hoping to go to Nationals this year. It's a long shot but you never know.
She is getting A's and works to keep them. If she isn't on wheels then she has her nose in a book. I can't count how many books she has read and she'll rarely pass up a chance to visit the library. She has made several friends at school and through skating of course. She is waiting patiently to meet new kids in the neighborhood. We are just now starting to see people buying the houses around us so it probably won't be long. The weather is now warmer and she goes outside with Nate and they kick the soccer ball around. She is a busy kid and has to be doing something or she goes nutty. One of the things she really likes to do is write stories. She has beautiful handwriting for a kid her age and her stories are fun to read.
I can't believe she will be 10 this year, time seems to just fly by. One more school year and she will be in junior high, poor girl.
She has had to learn the hard way lately that even though she thinks she knows it all MOM is still in charge. She has a mouth and she has been known to be a bit "stubborn" as one teacher said it so eloquently. She has yanked us right into the "tween" years YIPPEEE!!!! We have only just begun.