Tanner

Tanner, as you all know is constantly going and nothing has changed since my last blog... we're still trying to keep up with him.




He is doing great at school. We went to parent/teacher conferences a month or so ago and the teacher had nothing but compliments for him. He is reading on a 4th grade level and sailing through his other subjects as well. She also said that he is "The most polite kid she has ever taught" (!!!!!) Can you believe it? I almost burst through the seams with pride.



They also had their 2nd Grade play; "Arf." Tanner was one of 15 from his class that had a speaking part. He played the part of Simon the English Bulldog and he did great! I am always in awe of his memory. He was able to memorize his lines without any help!

I wish I could find where to publish videos because I have a great clip of Tanner singing one of the songs.

These are a few of Tanner’s friends from the ward that are in his grade.

Tanner is also staying busy outside of school. He has recently finished up his last soccer game. I would say that we have come a long way these few months of the season. We went from staring at the geese flying by to really getting into the thick of things and fighting for the ball. Tanner is a really aggressive player and he has a great coach who is helping him learn to focus his aggression and kick the heck out of the ball. We are so proud of him!

A week after soccer ended Wrestling began. Tanner was really excited about this.... at least he was until he realized how much work it was going to be. :) But, I think we are making progress there too. Slowly. He is starting to learn and practice real 'moves'. I just wish he wouldn't practice them on his sister! Believe me; we have had plenty of chats about that! This has also been fun because Lynda sent us a bunch of Greg's old wrestling videos from his glory days, so we have been able to watch Greg WHOMP on his wrestling opponents in high school! I really thought I had pictures of a few of his practices, but I can't find them right now. I'll have to update that later.

Halloween: (Can you believe it's been THAT long since I've posted?) Tanner wanted to be a football player for Halloween. Easy enough. He was such a good sport and gave his slacker mom a break: On the way to school one of his friends said if he was a football player he needed to have all his pads and a helmet. Tan didn't miss a beat and just said "I'm a flag-football player." I could have leaned over and kissed the kid (but I knew that would have embarrassed him). I'm just glad his friend didn't push it and ask where his flags were. :)

All in all Tanner has just been busy being Tanner. He hasn't quit teasing his brother and sister. He hasn't stopped running circles around the house, he hasn't stopped making a mess of his room, and he hasn't stopped for one second. Just one of the many reasons I love this kid (except for maybe the teasing part.) :)