Parent/Teacher Conference

Chris and I went to Nick’s parent/teacher conference last week. We go together for moral support, because any negative mark on Nick somehow feels like a negative mark on us as parents. When you see all high marks on his card, your eye automatically drops to the lowest ones. “Competitive”. Gee – wonder where he gets that from? The Nordloh and Fitzgibbons families aren’t that way ;) We certainly don’t use races to get his pjs on, eat dinner, get out the door. “Attitude Toward Learning” and “General Academic Ability” – apparently our little guy prefers puzzles to sitting down and practicing his letters/numbers. We have a full-blown four year old boy on our hands. His teacher is super nice and tells us not to worry about anything. He's a great kid (and a kid!) But being competitive, we want all high marks. Oh Nick, you can blame your grandparents for us being this way.