We booked it back from Utah (return trip is too painful to recount- just a blur of eating lots of Twizzlers, Twix, pop, chips, fast food, hearing Lucy cry and the boys fight... yep, let's not talk about it anymore.
Anyway, all the boys are in school this year!! I can't believe it. They don't have half day Kinder here, which really stresses me out. But the good news is that the teachers are great and they let the kids rest and have snacks and it seems to be going pretty well. On the first day of school all the other kids at Daniel's table were crying. :( He actually held it together pretty well.
All the boys like their teachers so far, which is great. Jonah actually has 4 different teachers- he's only in 4th grade. This kind of drives me crazy. I know it's less work for the teachers but it's a lot for the kids to juggle. Jonah's also in challenge this year, which means he has to catch up on one day of schoolwork each week. So far it seems to be working and he loves the "thinking outside the box" aspect of challenge. Isaac LOVES his teacher this year. She is terrific. I'm so impressed with Isaac. He works so hard and it really pays off. His reading is totally taking off- he's almost to the point of being able to read an A to Z mystery by himself! Yea!!
I have been volunteering for various activities in the boys' classrooms but it is so hard to be everwhere at once. Especially since there is a strict no sibling policy. Arghh! I'm reading "The Boxcar Children" to Jonah's class and painting a ceramic piece for Daniel's. I get to read to Isaac's class in a couple of weeks, which will be fun. I've forgotten a few impt things this year and they all have happened with Isaac's teacher- I know she thinks I'm a total flake. Arghh!
Kuddos to me, I haven't let the kids buy lunch once this year. Partly because I can't be bothered to set up their lunch account and partly b/c I'm trying to make up for last year. They bought a LOT! I found some awesome water bottles for them here. I'm trying not to use so many bags that get thrown away and have found some good tupperware pieces that are working pretty well. Okay, that's all.
