Kade the Great

Disclaimer: I have NO clue who reads this little family blog of ours, but if you do and you don't want to hear how great and wonderful my child is then stop reading this post now. I keep this as a family scrapbook so I document everything. Once again, stop now is parental bragging makes you roll your eyes. You've been warned.

Kade's teacher called me the other day to do the end of year conference. She basically said he was a genius. Okay, she didn't use those exact words but that's what I heard :) She did however talk about how smart Kade was, and pretty much the entire phone call was around how strong he is academically and socially. She said he was an "incredibly sharp little boy." She also talked about his memory and ability to recount small details of things that happened months before. She said at times I'm not even sure he is paying attention he will be able to retell the story in detail and it blows her away. She said most of the time when you have someone very young in the class like Kade it is very obvious and they are noticeably behind academically, emotionally, socially, etc. With Kade she says you would have no clue the age difference.

She said her and the director have been racking their brains as to where to place Kade next year. His teacher says he does not belong in the younger 4's class at all. That he is already able to do everything that they are suppose to in there. That he will be bored and not stimulated in a class like that. The director is hesitant to put him in the older 4's class because then he will repeat it twice the following year. It makes my heart so happy that this preschool and his teacher and director have taken interest in him and really care about what is best for him! It really shows me how much they care and we are so blessed by everyone at Fellowship! No matter where the decide to place Kade, I am confident it will be the best place. They have taken the time and interest to really discuss where he should be and where ever they decide I totally support.

I was also told that Kade would have no problem starting Kindergarten in the Fall of 2014 like he is technically suppose to. But she totally understood and supported our decision to wait until the Fall of 2015. She said if it was her own child she would do the same even if he was ready to start.

She went on to say that Kade finds joy in everything that they do. And that if she had one negative it would be that Kade hates their 45 min rest period. But she said the entire class hates that time as well and if it wasn't required at this age for licensing reasons then she would have dropped it a long time ago. She said this particular class has just been a blast to teach. That she has truly enjoyed this class and she doesn't always say that. They really are a great group of kids and it is fun that everyone will be at the school next year.

I can't say enough how FFP has blessed us this year. Having a different program to compare to last year, I can say that this year has been nothing short of amazing. Our teacher at the old school last year was nice but I had several issues that at the time wasn't sure if it was just me being "that" parent. Now I know I wasn't. We have loved everything about this year.

When I got off the phone Bryan and I were BEAMING at hearing how smart and awesome our kid was. I mean we knew all that but hearing someone else reiterate it for us was a very proud parent moment for sure. We talked and discussed the greatness of Kade :) and what we are most proud of is the fact that Kade is happy and thriving and having fun along the way. The rest is just icing on the cake!

Kade Hoyt Stephens we are SO proud of you!

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