My Two Front Teeth...

... are gone!

Paolo's, that is. He has lost his two-front teeth and we're all now just waiting for his permanent teeth to grow. He's enjoying it though. He doesn't have that insecurity that grown-ups would probably expectedly have if they loose any of their front gates. Now Paolo's "sssss" sounds like "hissss" but he just laughs it off.

Recently, we just got his grades for the 2nd grading period. He had pretty good grades with 85% as his averaged percentile mark. Surprisingly, though, is that in spite of having English as his regular language at home, it was in that subject that his grade dropped 7 points. His teacher explained that this is because of Paolo's lack of interest in participating in activities and failure to comply with academic instructions during this grading period.

By all indications, however, Paolo will be recovering from this decline as his teacher said he has been improving in his attitude towards group activities. I guess we'll be finding out how close that is to what he would get when the 3rd grading period ends and we again see his report card. Hopefully, it'll be shining. By then, he should also must already something to smile with...his grown two front teeth.

"Hmm.. Guess What I'm Thinking.:

That's the look of a boy who always seem to have something up his sleeve. Or maybe something up in his head; a new antic, a new quip, a question that leads to another question. Sometimes it gets harder and harder distracting Paolo from going on with his questions, but it's all good. We have an explorer and at his age, that's a good thing.

Tell me, how do you answer a question as "Why do they call it Olympus?" referring to the mountain of the Greek gods. Fortunately, answering truthfully with "I don't know" is acceptable to him. At other times, I try to come up with an explanation, feeding his imagination some more and then seeing his eyes glow at the stories. But he's really a smart boy. He himself would put an end to the fantastic make-believe tales if it gets too much out-of-this world. Apparently, little kids also have a limitation to fiction.

Swim Class 2010

Paolo has enrolled again in swimming class and he's on his 4th day now of the 10 sessions he'll be having for this summer. Well, we have to "Thanks!" to his Lolo Felix for the sponsorship of his summer swimming class this year.
For this summer, he's being taught the backstroke and the butterfly. In addition to having a better form in swimming freestyle. I watched him today and it was apparent that he liked doing the backstroke. I asked him if he did and with a smile he said he did like it among all that was being taught to him so far. Paolo's 6 years old and this is his 4th summer of going to swim class. He enjoys being in the water though in between summers he's lazy practicing what he knows about swimming. Of course, he doesn't escape from us telling him to show us how he swims. He whines and complains and says he just wants to play in the water. But then, he's 6, what can we do?

Paolo is also going to his tutorial class in Math with Teacher Oliver. He goes every Monday and Wednesday at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon. While other kids are enjoying their school vacation, we deem it necessary for Paolo to still have this tutorial class for him to catch up on his Math skills. Yes, and his teacher said it also, he complains about studying but that should not be surprising because he's only 6 yet by the next school year he's already in Grade 2. I am conscious about this which is why I ask him once in a while if he's still having fun in his classes. He still says "yes."