HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON!!! I WANT MY BABY BACK!!

Today is my son Zane's Birthday!!! He is 10 years old! WOW!  That means I am ten years older too lol and I am fastly aproching those dreaded teen years with my first born and only son.

You know I shower my boy with praises, that he is MY Golden Child (sorry greg) and I am just soooooooo proud of him.  How I ever got so blessed to be his mother is beyond me!

Today is his birthday but he is in trouble so I don't know how much of a day he will have. I will make him his special dinner. This weekend is when the family party is planned for.  Why is he in trouble you ask? I just said he was my golden child lol so what could he of done, right?  Well.. Progress Reports came out for mid quarter two weeks ago.  Josh and I was SHOCKED to see him doing soooo poorly in spelling. He had a 71%, that is almost a D!  Not something we expect out of a boy who got straight A's all last year.  We study with him every night and WE know he knows the words so I don't know what is up with that.  Test anxioty? Humm still don't sound right.  But that is not why he is in trouble this week.  Last week Josh studied with him, and seeing he knew the words very well this week told Zane he has to bring home an A on this weeks spelling test, there was no excuse, he knows the words and if he didn't he would be in trouble.  ( I personaly wouldn't of said that to Zane but what are you to do when YOU KNOW he can do it?)  Well, last friday I came home to Josh sitting Zane down and trying to figure out WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN ON WITH HIM! Not only did he bring home a low C on his spelling test but he totaly blew his math work and had two F's!  It was like he didn't pay attention to the directions at all and did the opposite and then the other one he didn't show his work like he knew he was suposed to.  I am very concerned and am praying for him majorly.  I tried and talk to him and ask him if anything is going on at school, does he have a prob with the teacher or with other kids?  Is the work getting too hard? NO, mom it's all fine. FINE, that is his answer to everything.  What happen to my baby boy who would tell me everything?  Josh and I had to come up with something to enforce the threat Josh had made about the spelling test.  It is not like Zane has alot of toys anymore and he doenst have a game system.  His major form of entertainment is tv, dvds, books and some computer time.  So basicly he is grownded from tv for a week and the puter and his room has to be spotless by the end of the week.  He has to study every night.  I don't know if this will help or hurt him.  Obvoiusly Josh sent a note to his teacher, I am not sure what it all said but she did call yesterday afternoon.  Josh happen to be home so I let him talk with her, I am a bit upset over the whole matter.  The teacher said she is concerned about him as well that she had been planning on calling too.  His school work goes up and down, he has been disruptive in class and acting out some!! She said that sometimes during class work time he will get up out of his seat and walk arcoss the room to talk to some one other than his partner. WHAT! THIS IS ZANE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT!?  She said she talked to his teacher from last year to see if he was like this and knows he wasn't, so she was going to ask if there was a problem at home going on that she needed to know about. OMG! NOO EVERYTHING IS OK HERE AS FAR AS I KNOW!

Besides some potty humor at the dinner table he has been the same Zane he always has been.  He is getting into that I want to be a bit silly faze and tries to gross his sisters out.  When Lilly told Josh the other day "Up your nose and around the corner" we was about floored laughing, knowing she didnt make it up. We asked her who she heard that from.. Annie.. We asked Annie who she hear that from.. Zane but it wasn't up your nose it was up your butt and around the corner. eww See what I am dealing with here??  I am racking my brain trying to think when or where he could of been tramitzed, if he has been abused in some way or another, but he hasn't shown any signs besides school work and he is alway either home with me or Josh.  We are kinda thinking maybe he is trying to be cool at school, make some differnt kind of friends?? He doesn't want the lable of the Brain anymore? Josh said if that is what it is that is fine with him but his school work can not decline like this.  So we are chalking it up to a bad week we told him and start fresh next week/this week.  I just feel like maybe some how this is all my fault, but I don't know why yet.. I just want my baby back, it was almost easy then.

For his birthday he wants an agestic guitar and learn how to play. That is cool and we really want to do that for him.  Josh's step sister Donna said she had one but it was packed away somewhere and she has to find it... that was 3 months ago.. I HOPE she shows up with it Sunday.  Everything we want to get him is centered around it.. learn how to play books and videos and strings and picks.  We saw one that came with a case and strings and picks and a strap for only $75 but I JUST KNOW If I get that Josh's family will throw a fit saying they was going to give him that (yet they havn't solidly said what they are getting him).  Our friend Tracy from church has offered to give Zane lessions.

Next Friday I told Zane he could have two frineds over for a sleep over in stead of having a kid party.  That should be fun.  Not sure how it will work out since you know we have all these girls here lol I think Josh will take them out to go go-karting or a movie.  Either way he will have nice b-day parties.

This morning I had to take Josh to work.. So I could take Zane to school an hour early.  It is the first meeting of the Chior Club.  Ugg! and they meet ever week!  It is crazy, we need our second car back in action badly.. I AM NOT getting up two hours early every week just to take Josh to work and then make it back by the skin of my teeth to take Zane.  I am ready to go back to sleep lol but nope.  Since I have the car I am planning on cleaning that sucker out and also making a trip to the Library. They called and said my Stephen King Book is in!!