Summer is over and it's school time again!!
Like I mentioned before, the kids and I are staying with my parents while we have a house built in CA. My parents live a block from the elementary school so it makes getting there very easy. Here are Matthew and Anna on the first day! Matthew is starting third grade and Anna, second. Matthew has two teachers who team teach and Anna has a male teacher. She was a little concerned about this at first since she LOVED her kindergarten and 1st grade teachers who were women. But after a day or two she had no more complaints or hesitations. She loves her new teacher (even though he's a guy) and she always comes home and tells us the funny jokes he tells or something they learned. Anytime we tell anyone in the community here who Anna has, people have nothing but glowing reviews about him and stories about how much their kid loved him. So its all good. Anna's teacher also assigns a lot of homework, which I like. I mean, its an appropriate amount for her age, but its definitely challenging Anna, both academically and in other ways. The first day she had homework there was a tantrum about it. By the 3rd or 4th day she just sat down and got to work so she could get all her work done. So it's been good.
Matthew, on the other hand, has hardly any homework. So I'm thinking of giving him some extra work myself. Is that too mean? :) He usually doesn't mind and has no problem getting his work done.
They have both made friends in their classes and at church. And since its Utah, there is a bit more overlap between the two (school and church). They are having a good time.
We walk to school every day (it would take longer to get the car out of the garage and drive over) but I might drive them on extra cold days. On the first day they had a red carpet out front to welcome all the students. The had fun music playing and older kids and teachers there to give all the entering students high fives. It was fun. Matthew was all about it. He jumped right onto the red carpet and headed into school without a backward glance.
Getting his high fives
Anna was a bit more hesitant and she watched a few other people go first.
Then she headed into school...also without a backward glance.
And then there's Grant.
Grant started preschool this year. In California he wouldn't have been able to go to PreK, so its nice that he can go here. He started school a week after the older kids. Here he is visiting his class on the PreK open house night. He loved getting snacks in there. It was a sign of things to come.
And here is Grant on his first day of school!
So grown up.
Here we are walking over there on Grant's first day.
He was pumped!!
In front of the school getting ready to walk the red carpet. They got the red carpet out for the preschoolers first day too. Anna is giving him a kiss.
And inside getting ready to go in his class. Matthew and Anna escorted him.
And here are the preschoolers ready for their first day!
Way to go Grant! Grant loves his class and his teachers. And everyday he comes home with a handful (or two) of treats and goodies. I kind of wish there weren't so many snacks, but Grant is so nice to share them with all his siblings (most of the time). His teacher is lots of fun and subcribes to the "preschool is a party" philosophy - which fits perfectly with Grant's personality. They are also learning to read sight words and doing lots of other good stuff. So its not just a party. If the treats get to be too much maybe I'll have him turn his candy in to me each day and dole it out to him if he's good. :) I'm glad he likes preschool though. Positive school experiences are good. So we're back in the swing of school! Woohoo!
