Back to School 2019

Last Thursday (kind of weird to start on Thursday) was the first day of school.  Caitlyn started High School (also crazy). She was excited and nervous.

Keith took Caitlyn to back to school night while I took Wyatt to soccer.  Jonah also had back to school night, but he would have died from embarrassment if I tried to take his picture.  Keith was impressed with her teachers.  Caitlyn is excited for ASL, Seminary and Foods. 

9th grade for Caitlyn.  She sure looks grown up and gorgeous!  The first couple of days were a little overwhelming for her.  She was much happier after tennis practice on Thursday.  Tennis has been awesome for her.  She has made friends and the team loves her and tells her all the time how funny she is.  I'm so glad she has that!  This week has been better for her.  She is adjusting to the schedule and work load.  Monday night she had a team dinner after practice and she loved that.  Yesterday she had a match and she won!  Her partner was Daisy and they actually played other Provo High players, Alexa and Haley, because most teams aren't as big as Provo, so if they don't have enough players they will play each other.  Caitlyn and Daisy won 8 games to 3.  It was so hot and long, but I'm glad Keith and I were there to watch.  Caitlyn is improving every game, she did great!  She had some great serves and hits!

Jonah leaves about twenty minutes after Caitlyn in the morning.  He wanted to "get his pictures over with" that's the spirit Jonah! 

Jonah has been a little nervous about Middle School.  He liked being the big man on campus in Elementary School.  He is lucky and has a friend in most of his classes.  I think he felt better about school after he found that out. 

He has some fun classes.  He has peer tutor, gym, Stem math and science, foods, business and Pre AP English.  I'm excited for his classes to really challenge him and for the growth that will bring for him. He said school is SO long!  We are all in the adjusting phase right now, but overall I think he likes it.

We are down to two kids in Elementary School.  Wyatt and Hallee are ready for 3rd and 2nd grade.

We went to Back to School night Wednesday night.  This always helps the kids feel more excited about going back to school.  I was very impressed with Wyatt's teacher.  She teaches growth mindset, which I love!  We already had our parent teacher conference and Mrs. Young kept telling me how great Wyatt is and that she shouldn't say this, but he is her favorite. 

I've been worried about Wyatt since he didn't like school last year.  I was shocked when he told me that he was a little excited for school.  The night before school we were looking through his clothes deciding what he should wear and I told him that we should check with Jonah.  Jonah found this batman shirt in his closet that is too small and gave it to Wyatt and let him borrow some of his crazy socks.  It was so cute to see them figuring it out together, Wyatt ate that right up.

So far Wyatt has loved school.  Today is their first full day (they go for half days for a week) so it will be interesting to see how they feel about the long days.  He has friends in his class and he likes his teacher.  I think this is going to be a good year for him.

Hallee was so excited to see that Amanda, Asia and Kiera are all in her class this year!  She has a new teacher, Mrs. Bertuzzi.  This is her first year of teaching and I think she is going to be great.  I was very impressed with her and Hallee loves her. 

Hallee has been so excited to go back to school.  She is very social and she loves school.  She was counting down the days until school started.

She has loved everything about school so far.  It's so great when your kids love school.  We were all ready (especially me) for school to start and to get back into routines and have some time away from each other.  Absence really does make the heart grow fonder!