First Day of School

This beautiful girl started 4th grade today.  Last night Keith gave her a blessing and he talked about what a wonderful light she is to everyone.  I couldn't agree more.  She is the sweetest girl and loves everyone.  She was really excited this summer when she found out that her good friend Katelyn was in her class.  On Thursday we found out that they pulled Katelyn out of her class and put her in a 4th/5th split class that they created at the last minute.  I'm glad Caitlyn isn't in the split class, she has done it for the last two years and it was getting hard for her to concentrate.  This morning when we went to school we looked at her class list and realized that they pulled out all of Caitlyn's friends that she was excited about being in class with.  I was so disappointed for her.  I was so impressed with how she handled it, she said, "all of my friends are gone, well I guess I will just make new friends."  I can't believe how far Caitlyn has come from the shy, anxious little girl she used to be.  She is a great example to me of being positive!

I'm glad my kids will still let me walk them to their classes.  Caitlyn came home and said she had a great day and she loves her teacher.  I guess the two 4th grade teachers split subjects so she will have two teachers again.  She loved everything about school today!

This handsome guy started 2nd grade today.  He wouldn't admit it, but he was so excited.  He woke up early today and got ready so quickly.  He hates how many pictures I take, but he is usually a good sport about it.

He is thrilled that his best buddy, Gaven is in his class.  Gaven was waiting to show Jonah where his seat was.  There are a lot of good boys in his class.  I'm so glad, I hope he will chose better friends than he did last year!

Jonah came home and said, "I had a great day and I didn't even get in trouble because I was so good."  He had fun seeing his friends and he is excited that his teachers are nice.  He has been worried about his English teacher because she is pretty strict.  I told him he will be just fine as long as he follows the rules.  I think this is going to be a good year for both of the kids.

I loved having my kids home for the summer.  We had so much fun and did so many fun things.  This is the first year that I was really ready for school to start.  The last couple of weeks have been rough.  A lot of fighting and getting bored.  I was also ready for my house to be clean again.  I could not keep the house clean this summer to save my life.  Wyatt and Hallee helped me get it cleaned up this morning.  It was nice to have a calm laid back day and get caught up on things.

Hallee was in time out for hitting and fell asleep again.  Unfortunately, she took a short nap and never took the long nap she needed.  I guess I need to put her in time out some where that isn't as comfortable!