These are pretty pictures of cute kids, but just know that the backstory includes failed tests and the resulting punishment of not being allowed to go to the River City Kids art class.
We made an agreement when we signed them up for the (FREE!) art class, which we truly didn't have time for, as it turned Thursdays into an even bigger rush from school to art class to acro to soccer games, with some unfortunate overlap in there that caused me to miss some of James' games and Cora to miss some acro classes this quarter. If they brought home any Ds or Fs in their QEP folders on Wednesdays, they weren't allowed to go to art class the next day. Instead, they had to spend that hour and 15 minutes studying with mama to ensure they made a better grade on the following weeks' test. Unfortunately, this happened to both of them a couple times this quarter, but the agreement DID work to push their efforts on "most" testing days and James brought home "almost" straight As for term three (ELA quizzes will always be a struggle for him because they're so long and his mind wanders so easily, but he pulled himself up to a solid B in that class after getting Cs in terms one and two). Obviously, we don't study the whole time (we can't study for ELA anyway - quizzes mainly consist of "cold reads" and questions about the story that they can literally go back through in order to check their answers... they just don't...) because mama's got errands to run and chores to do during that window. So sometimes we just go for a walk and talk. And take pictures down by the water.
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