The First Day of School

Kendall ready for 4th grade!
Kristin and Kendall on the first day of school
Blake and Kendall and that's the dog peeking out through the curtains

Blake ready to go to the bus stop
Kristin and Blake ready for school (I cheated and stood on the step...really he is as tall as I am)

Well, we all survived the first day of school.

Blake started 8th grade. He has a full load of classes this year. Two classes are high school credit classes...Spanish I and Algebra I. He is also in athletics. Tonight, I was informed that he has decided to run cross country and play football. These sports run in the same season here. This means going to one meet and one game per week. These are spread throughout the district as well. Lots and lots of driving! He at least enjoys all of his classes so far. Of course, homework has not begun yet...

Kendall started 4th grade today. She has 3 teachers again this year. One of them is Blake's favorite teacher from when he was in elementary. Kendall was just excited to see her friends and how the boys had all grown out their hair. I'm sure she will have a good year. She likes school and does whatever they tell her. She also started after school care at our church. She is with all of her good friends so that helps. She looked really tired tonight! I know she will pass out on Friday when we get home.

I had a good day today also. Since I am in a different role this year as an at-risk teacher, I don't have a homeroom or full class. I spent the day calling parents of the kids who were unsure of how they were getting home. It was entertaining to say the least. I get to do it all over again tomorrow. Hopefully, by Wednesday, I will be able to start working on my schedule so I can start pulling kids in 3rd thru 5th grade. The new school is beautiful and they finished so much over the last week. We did have lots of district people and the news crews show up. It was a little chaotic. Hopefully, they won't all be there tomorrow.

I'm trying to make an effort to post more. I was lazy this summer...