Dan and I went to Alyssa's Parent/Teacher Conference on Tuesday. For the most part things are going great. MUCH to my surprise (or not) Alyssa seems to be a social butterfly. I have no idea where she got that from *guilty grin* Even the teacher said it's so hard to punish someone for talking too much, we've all done it. But that doesn't make it right. Other then that, she seems to be doing great. Her reading skills are getting better and better. We do need to focus more on what they call "AR BOOKS" Which are the books that she is tested on in class to see how well she understands the story and the structure of the story. She is doing great in math as far as understanding numbers and how to solve problems, But the teacher wants her to stop using her fingers to count. So that is our goal. Her teacher said that she has been doing a great job around the class, helping other students and setting good examples. So hopefully she'll be able to move her desk away from the front of the class very soon =/

Alyssa and her teacher sat down before the conference and came up with a list of goals that Alyssa would like to work on. We are very excited to help her reach her goals. We are so proud of what an amazing little girl she is.

We took her to dinner at Route 66 in Orting before the meeting. It is a small pizza place. She got to personalize her very own pizza. Which means she got to pick the toppings then they brought them out for her to build her own pizza before they cooked it.

Last Saturday we got together with some friends for an Adult Game Night. It was at Chris Gourley's house with his girlfriend Sarah, her sister Anna and husband Charlie and their friends Kyle and Jill, Chris's stepbrother Walter also showed up with a guest. We had a great time playing Pictionary (the girls were winning so the game ended before it was done) and Jenga.