Cheetah's Happy Mail

Today Cheetah brought home some happy mail from school.

These are special letters that let the parents know that their child has done something to make their teachers happy.

Cheetah's happy mail read as follows:

"Dear DH & Chimera,

We'd like to share some good news about Cheetah:

Cheetah is always listening well and has beautiful manners.

His handwriting was neatly completed today also.

Signed: His Teacher"

(Underneath this it has lines to write a response and a note "reply paid return if desired" . This is funny because the child returns the note to their teacher).


Makes it a little easier to put up with the constant talking at home if we know he does know how to listen when he needs to. (honestly, the kid can & does talk underwater).

We know he has beautiful manners. He doesn't use them at home as much as he should, but we have always received lovely comments from people when we're out about his manners.

The handwriting has been a constant struggle for Cheetah. I'm afraid I have a lot to answer for there. He writes like I do. He can do a neat job, but it takes a lot of effort. His teachers in the last 3 years have been great. They ensure he puts the appropriate amount of effort into it, but they don't sweat the minor imperfections. It has made a big difference to his attitude about handwriting when the teachers don't push him for something that is almost impossible for him.


After having quite a bit of a dry spell when it came to posts about Cheetah, there have been some pretty special things to post about lately (& I never even did a birthday post for him - oowaaah). Not to mention, I still have the NAPLAN results to post about. That was a pretty impressive effort from him too, but I'll save it for later.