That’s right, last night we had another 3 or 4 inches of the white stuff fall from the sky. This cold spell reminds me of living in the mountains where it would snow on top of snow, almost every night. It looks really pretty outside and apparently will be with us for a week or so as that’s how long the temperatures are supposed to be hanging around the 30’s.
I slept in until 6 or so and am heading to the gym after my coffee and the blog. We all went up to my Mom’s yesterday to celebrate her birthday and had a great time. Ty had his chess tournament after school and won all of his matches, yea!
Yesterday we were all awaiting the mail delivery as the letters from The Manning School, where Jagger applied were being delivered. We knew they were coming as some other people who get the mail before we do, called Lori. The Manning School is in the top 5 out of 1000 in the state and is an option school. This means they don’t have to take kids based on where they live. It’s really academically superior and challenging, and as they told us in the orientation, not for everyone. Its like applying for college or something, all at 12 years old! Anyhow it’s where Jagger wanted to go, even though some of his friends chose other schools because they thought they were not ready for the academic standards and 3 or 4 hours of homework a night that the school has. The next step is Jagger studying for honors class placement on April 8th in math and reading. We have a great math tutor that the boys have used before that he’ll go see to brush up, but we need to find a writing tutor. I’m fine with him just taking regular classes instead but Mom thinks we should try to get him in the honors program. They say kids that go to Manning have a real leg up on others when they get to high school. It’ll be good for Jag to be challenged and I’m sure will be a wake up call as he pretty much breezes through his homework and school now.
Some of his friends too were accepted but Jennifer, his close friend since kindergarten, didn’t get in! She’s number 54 on the waiting list and was in tears when she opened her letter. They have a second round in a month or two but she’ll need some luck to get in. 54 kids will have to decide not to accept for her to get in. We feel really bad for her as we would be crushed if Jag wasn’t chosen. To me it’s unbelievable that at 12 years old you have to go into a lottery to get in to the school of your choice. I, Aunt Robi and Uncle T went to Manning but back then it was just a regular school and you went there because you lived in the district. We sure hope she gets in. We know of a few other kids that got in but I’m sure we’ll find out of others who didn’t in the coming days. One of his classmates was accepted but is not going to go there because of how hard it’s supposed to be, so who knows, maybe 54 will pass and go to another school. At the first of the year we, and most other parents, applied to 3 or 4 schools to cover yourself. This way if you were not chosen by one school, hopefully the odds were you got into another. Anyhow we’re lucky Jag did and thrilled. Lori was a wreck waiting for the mail all day long.
Tomorrow’s the big game, you all better be cheering for the Bronco’s. How could you not cheer for Peyton Manning? Well that’s it for me for the day, lots to do, take care and God Bless, time to shovel more snow and hit the gym, Go Broncos!