The biggest thing this last week has been the kids going back to school. We've spent a lot of time this summer preparing for school to start. The kids have the wonderful opportunity to attend a new charter school called Vision Charter School which just opened this year. The school's focus is Arts and Sciences. They were lucky enough to all get in for which I am grateful. It is really close to our home and they even provide bussing. We have helped this summer with getting the school ready to open. Mark has helped them move in and lay sod and I have helped with cleaning the inside of the portables and painting the skirting of the portables. The kids even have pitched in and helped too! I signed up to be on the PFA(parent/faculty association) and there are only 3 of us on it so far so we'll have to see how that goes.
We've been doing other little things all summer to prepare for school to start. The kids all had their physicals with the pediatrician this summer and had their immunizations updated. Cooper got new glasses, too. The kids have been doing workbooks all summer and reading everyday to try and keep up their skills. I hope it pays off. We've also been school supply shopping (which is expensive for 3 kids) and school clothes shopping (which is even more expensive with 3 kids in uniforms) and we've been ready to go and excited.
I'd say the first week has been successful. On Monday we had a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening for the school where Superintendant Tom Luna helped our principal, Mrs. Oldenkamp, cut the ribbon. Following was our Back to School night where the kids put away their school supplies and looked around their classrooms and met their teachers. Tuesday was John and Cooper's first day back and Ella and I had a little meeting with her teacher that morning. Her first day was Friday.
John is in 6th grade and his teacher is Mrs. Waffwa. He's excited becasue they offer a golf club/lessons. He has been dying to take golf lessons. He's also excited to take drama and learn Spanish. The whole school gets instruction in Spanish every day which I thought was cool. Since he's in the sixth grade he got to choose between band and orchestra and he chose to play the trumpet in band. We picked up his trumpet yesterday. After about 5 minutes Mark told him he'd have to practice from now on in the field near our house. We'll have to see how he fits it all in, piano, trumpet, scouts, etc.
Cooper is in third grade and came home the first day telling me about his new friends and how the school is so much better than he thought. He seems to like his teacher, Ms. Lords. Cooper takes piano lessons also and is just starting his first year of tackle football. We went today to pick up his helmet and pads and practice starts next week. We're excited to see him play. He also just turned 9 and earned his Wolf badge. We're proud of him and he's excited to start Bear Cub Scouts.
Our little Ella started kindergarten! I missed her a lot the first day. Kindergarten at this school is all day. She looked so cute and I was glad she had big brothers to help her on the bus, etc. She seemed to really like her first day. They talked about dogs. Her teacher is Mrs. Craker. She has a thing with not going to the bathroom when she's away from home. Last year at pre-school she never used the bathroom while there. I thought with Kindergarten being all day she'd surely get over that. When she came home I asked her if she used the bathroom while at school and sure enough she hadn't... all day!! We'll have to see how she overcomes this fear because she's bound to have to go during the day sometime this year! Ella's also starting a ballett/tap dance class with two friends from church. I'm probably more excited about this than she is.
Sethy was kind of lost with all of the kids gone, especially Ella. He really loves her. He made all kind of messes during the day for me to clean up and just kind of followed me around the house. He is starting to talk so much so that is new. He's so much fun to have in the family and makes us all laugh. He's so cute, we all just love him and wouldn't know what to do without him. Currently, he has a little obsession with helicopters.
We've been doing other little things all summer to prepare for school to start. The kids all had their physicals with the pediatrician this summer and had their immunizations updated. Cooper got new glasses, too. The kids have been doing workbooks all summer and reading everyday to try and keep up their skills. I hope it pays off. We've also been school supply shopping (which is expensive for 3 kids) and school clothes shopping (which is even more expensive with 3 kids in uniforms) and we've been ready to go and excited.
I'd say the first week has been successful. On Monday we had a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening for the school where Superintendant Tom Luna helped our principal, Mrs. Oldenkamp, cut the ribbon. Following was our Back to School night where the kids put away their school supplies and looked around their classrooms and met their teachers. Tuesday was John and Cooper's first day back and Ella and I had a little meeting with her teacher that morning. Her first day was Friday.
John is in 6th grade and his teacher is Mrs. Waffwa. He's excited becasue they offer a golf club/lessons. He has been dying to take golf lessons. He's also excited to take drama and learn Spanish. The whole school gets instruction in Spanish every day which I thought was cool. Since he's in the sixth grade he got to choose between band and orchestra and he chose to play the trumpet in band. We picked up his trumpet yesterday. After about 5 minutes Mark told him he'd have to practice from now on in the field near our house. We'll have to see how he fits it all in, piano, trumpet, scouts, etc.
Cooper is in third grade and came home the first day telling me about his new friends and how the school is so much better than he thought. He seems to like his teacher, Ms. Lords. Cooper takes piano lessons also and is just starting his first year of tackle football. We went today to pick up his helmet and pads and practice starts next week. We're excited to see him play. He also just turned 9 and earned his Wolf badge. We're proud of him and he's excited to start Bear Cub Scouts.
Our little Ella started kindergarten! I missed her a lot the first day. Kindergarten at this school is all day. She looked so cute and I was glad she had big brothers to help her on the bus, etc. She seemed to really like her first day. They talked about dogs. Her teacher is Mrs. Craker. She has a thing with not going to the bathroom when she's away from home. Last year at pre-school she never used the bathroom while there. I thought with Kindergarten being all day she'd surely get over that. When she came home I asked her if she used the bathroom while at school and sure enough she hadn't... all day!! We'll have to see how she overcomes this fear because she's bound to have to go during the day sometime this year! Ella's also starting a ballett/tap dance class with two friends from church. I'm probably more excited about this than she is.
Sethy was kind of lost with all of the kids gone, especially Ella. He really loves her. He made all kind of messes during the day for me to clean up and just kind of followed me around the house. He is starting to talk so much so that is new. He's so much fun to have in the family and makes us all laugh. He's so cute, we all just love him and wouldn't know what to do without him. Currently, he has a little obsession with helicopters.
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