We took a trip to the Henry Ford for the Rouge Plant Tour where the Ford F-150 is built. We spent an entire afternoon there, and Nick enjoyed watching the decals being applied on the various trim levels of trucks at the end. Along with White Castle sliders, it was an enjoyable afternoon. This was all part of passing time during Spring Break, which he spent over 60 hours during that week on his laptop, building who-knows-what on public servers. We peeled him away from the electronics. However, it's not like very little had happened this month: there's photos of a day hanging with Jack, a school field trip, and an afternoon at the Zoo.
Eventually he returned to school for the last push towards summer. He came home one evening in trouble for cursing, a word choice so bad the teacher couldn't write it down. So he and I reviewed his options, and colorful buffet of forbidden vocabulary, which I explained using a Quad Chart anchored with an X axis of 'rarely use/never use' and a Y axis of 'bad/really bad'. He had chosen a word in the upper right quadrant whereas his nemesis had used a word in the lower left... Nick's choice was much worse. He understands now. It's nice to be able to apply my working skills at home. (And the people at work loved it... my Chinese expat wanted a copy to reference.) We're exploring new schools for next year, and already looking to high schools that can start him early. A change is coming.
We bought a new car this month, only because I got a deal I couldn't refuse... cars are cheap at the moment, and I found a 2016 on the lot, still brand new. We took a picture of Nick with the old 2007 Chrysler 300 before we dispose of it. The side-by-side pictures of him with the same old car ten years ago when it was new, and now, are fun to see.
This here is the entire class photo for his first communion, although the kids are all one-to-two years younger than Nick, so he's even dressed to stand out.Pictures here for April.
Jason
