Ben used a spoon today!

I recently met a little boy, Ethan, who is two days younger than Ben. Ethan is pretty smart. He can color with markers. So, of course in an attempt to keep up with the Joneses, I'm trying new things with Ben. Seeing as how he is a very aggressive child, and after one attempt at coloring ended up with a colored face, I decided eating was his strength. Thus we tried using a spoon. I've included a video to better share the adventure with all of you.

The first Monday of the month

Every month, the first Monday of the month, Dave and I find a babysitter and head off to school together. There we sit down in a large room and take the same test that we take every month, and then, after the test, we write word for word a story that one of our teacher's tells us. Then we go home. Eight hours later one of us goes back to school to see what we got. There is never a grade, just a result. The teachers spend the day comparing all of the student's scores and placing them into anywhere from 6 to 11 classes depending on the different levels of french we all already have. Today, I finaly ended up in the last level.

Of course being in the last level means nothing. Everything is graded on a curve, and they are never going to leave just 2 students in a class. None the less, I have a great feeling of accomplishment, releife, joy. I, for the first time in months, moved up a class. I have made progress!