First, Jasper is continuing to do great in his Kindergarten class. He is eager to get to class everyday, he tell Rhonda and I more about his day when we pick him up and as an added bonus, he's been sleeping better and longer at night. We believe this is a result of him being more challenged and involved in class and therefore using more of his energy during the day.
We are still trying to find someway to get him into the local charter school this fall, but it's not easy. We did speak to the parents of one of Jasper's classmates and she said that if the kids are in a certified kindergarten class (even through Tutor Time,) they can transfer into the local schools once they turn 5-years old. We have tried to confirm this, but haven't had much luck so far. It appears that while this may technically be true, they try to discourage the practice. Either way Rhonda and I are going to dig a little deeper into this and hopefully we'll have some good news to report.
For those of you who weren't aware, this week is "Sharkweek" on the Discovery channel. It's their 21st season of "Sharkweek" and one of my favorite weeks of TV all year. Although this season there have been a few duds as far as specials, they did have a great one on Monday night called "Day of the Shark." It was the story of four or five different shark attacks, including a Great White attack off California and it was awesome. If you happen to catch a re-run of it, it's worth watching...if you like that sort of thing.This Saturday will be the first day of Jasper's new ice-skating class and with his regular class now being over, he will starting a five-week "Snowplow Sam" class. This will be a good one for him because he won't have to race against the hockey tot kids and it is not a 'Parent and Me' class, so I think he'll be able to concentrate a little more on the instructors and less on me being next to him. By the way, their is this dad at the ice skating class, who is the stereotypical 'sports parent.' He's always yelling at his kids and calling them names. It's pretty out of control and Rhonda and I are just amazed that this joker even comes if he's got so much attitude. Anyways.
As many of you know, Jasper is quite into music and his favorite musician is Country music singer Keith Urban. In addition to having 3 Keith Urban DVD's and numerous TV specials on our TiVo, Jasper enjoys waking up each morning to the videos on GAC and CMT and when he's not looking for the latest Keith Urban video he turns attention to what he refers to as 'his girls,' who just so happen to be Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. Put either one on and kiss his attention goodbye!
It's classic when one of their videos comes on and he starts yelling that "my girl is on, my girl is on."
One of the websites that I religiously visit everyday is a blog dedicated to Washington State University football and the athletics program as a whole. It is run by a handful of guys who do a great job of posting all the latest Cougar news and rumors. If you ever get a desire to check it out, just go to http://wsufootball.blogspot.com/. I was on there earlier today and they have a fan-made video of some past Cougar football highlights. I included the video here in case you want to take a look.By the way, my favorite part is the opening with the voice of legendary sports commentator and WSU alum Keith Jackson setting the tone of Pullman. Take a listen and if you've ever been to Pullman you know he is 100% accurate and if you've never been there, cancel your trip to the pyramids, forget the grand canyon and take a trip to the Palouse!
Finally, Rhonda, Jasper and I are getting ready to head West later this month as we make our second visit to Oceanside this summer. Our last trip was so great and we can hardly wait to get back there in a few weeks.That's it for now, hope everyone is well and I look forward to talking to you soon.
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