Birthday Boy

My baby turned 8 yesterday. I can't believe it! He is growing so fast. We took him out to dinner and then came home and watched Barnyard. He got to open a couple of presents but the rest will wait till Saturday when we go to grandma's. We got him a remote control helicopter that he's very happy about. He's wanted it for awhile so he was pretty excited when he unwrapped it. He spent the afternoon terrorizing the poor dogs with it.
School is going okay I think. He says that he has been getting in trouble and missing recess. He says that he isn't getting his writing done on time so he gets sent to study hall. I feel sorry for the person in charge there, Nate+boredom = chaos. His papers come home with high marks except his writing so we are working on that still. I think that is going to be an issue for a long time. He absolutly hates to write and can't stand holding the pencil. He loves math but when he has to actually write the answers rather than say them he gets frustrated. It's a battle every day to get him to do his homework. He fights and cries and whines and it turns into a tantrum but he eventually gets it done. He keeps asking how many more days he has until school is done. Lucky for him there is only about a month left. We've got some fun stuff planned for the summer so he'll be a happier boy we hope.