Best Conference Ever

Crazy Wm and Mommy photobomb

Steve and I went to the best teacher conference ever tonight!  Wm's teacher is working so hard to make school a positive place for Wm!!  She said his reading level is so far advanced that the typical reading groups don't work for him, so she put him with a couple other advanced kids and has them read a different book and then talk about themes, ideas, etc (she said, basically, it's like a critical thinking book club) instead of reading for the sake of reading.  And in Math she has created this Math Challenge thing for Wm and a couple other kids where they can just work ahead at their own pace instead of following what the class is doing.  She said Wm has a "very sophisticated sense of humor" and is one of her favorite kids to talk to because of the crazy things that come out of his mouth.  She did say that at the beginning of the year she was like, "Who is this kid? What is he doing?" But now she's figured him out - and that he's just hilarious!  But his humor (and everything!) are so atypical of his age group, it took her some time to catch on.  She said that the word "gifted" is thrown around a lot and that some kids just test well, etc etc etc, but that Wm is "truly gifted." Of course, we knew he was the smartiest smartie who ever lived, but it is always nice when the teacher knows too!!!

We were talking about adjectives and I wanted to make sure Wm got it...

Me: Can you think of an adjective to describe me?

Wm: Nice and funny

Me: Can you think of an adjective to describe Daddy?

Wm: Brownish
Steve: Wait. Why does Mommy get "nice and funny" and I get "brownish?"
Wm: Strong?
Steve: I'll take it.