4 kids in 4 schools this year. It's the only time it will happen. Next year they'll be in 3 schools and then Sarah will be in college or on a mission so I guess from then on they'll always be on their own unless some of them go to college together. Oh, that would be so cute!
Anyways, Erica is new to the middle school this year and has been stressing all summer that she is going to hate it and get lost and have no friends and her teachers will be trolls and no one will help her and that she'll just miss elementary school so much.
I was just concerned she would get an upper locker and not be able to reach it. The open house settled that anxiety. We practiced until she could open it with no troubles and I even helped other students with theirs too. Take that, locker dream. I've still got it!
Later that afternoon James and I went to the elementary school so he could meet his teacher.
I knew her face but never met Miss Willis before. This is her 3rd year teaching and seems very nice. James likes friendly nice teachers so I think he'll do well. And he has like 12 friends in this class so he should be good.
4 schools, 4 start times. Henry left first. He's riding his bike to the junior high again this year. He leaves super early. I have my suspicions he's playing games on the one unblocked game site on his chromebook before the bell rings.
9th grader and officially a high schooler. He loves seminary and all his classes except for history because his teacher is a little angry and crazy. Which is too bad because now he won't like history and history is the coolest. He had his first football game tonight. Practice 4 days per week and games on Saturdays. Here we go again.
Then Sarah left in her car. She's a junior this year. She's taking 3 college classes this semester (plus 5 others next semester) and has joined the swim team. She's hoping to get a job as a lifeguard at the rec center instead of working at the grocery store.
She's still on the city youth council and is also on the stake youth council, the ward missionary council, and serves in her YW class presidency. Sheesh, girl! They haven't even started sign ups for clubs yet.
And then Erica went on her way. She rode her bike to the middle school with her friend Ellie. (Ellie and her family lived in England the past year and we are so glad their whole family is back.) She's super excited about dance and orchestra.
She was really hoping to have the bus this year but they changed the boundary again and we live too close. She'll ride her bike until it gets cold then we'll see. This summer she decided her room was too young looking and wanted some of the pink things gone. We changed out her pink curtains and she went back to an old bedspread. We swapped out a broken bookcase and the little white cupboard for a larger bookcase. Then she got rid of a lot of clutter and toys but won't part with a single stuffed animal. She's done such a good job keeping it clean which I told her was a true mark of a more mature room.
Jamers! There's another James in his class again so he's Jamers again. Sounds so much better than James D plus it reminds me of when he was a toddler and thought that was his name.
I thought he would be sad going to school without an older sibling but I think he really likes it. He has the TV to himself in the morning since he wakes up early but leaves last. He also gets to leave on his bike whenever he wants. He rides by Calvin's house and then they go together to Eli's and then they are off. He's super pumped for flag football to start in September. I found him $3 football cleats at DI so I'm feeling like a pretty good mom.
Since school started at an unholy early date, it was still blazing hot when they got home that afternoon. I was going to have cookies ready for them but decided smoothies were a more appreciated snack.
James came home last and got to eat by himself.
We took them out to dinner the day before school started but I didn't take any pictures. We didn't have time for dessert because we had to get Henry to football practice so on Friday we went out for ice cream.
What a crazy summer always off in all directions. Let's be home together. When Henry's not at football anyway. And the nights Sarah doesn't work. And when there are no church meetings or activities. That leaves Friday afternoons, Saturday mornings, Sunday evenings, Tuesdays from 5-6pm.....
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