Kids Start School

The kids have gone back to school now. I didn't get any pictures because, unfortunately, my camera was broken. Heather and Savannah were the first to go back. Heather started the fifth grade with Mrs. Wood as her teacher. She is the third in our family to have Mrs. Wood. She was excited to see some familiar faces and Mrs. Wood was excited to have Heather in her class. Savannah started second grade. Her teacher is Mrs. Fitzgerald, a new teacher at our school. Savannah has been playing school all summer to help preserve all she learned in first grade. Her bedroom is covered in white boards, papers, and books. In the beginnin she could get Matthew to play with her but later when asked why he wouldn't participate, his response was, "Playing school with Savannah is exhausting!" She is very happy to be back in school where she can get new material to add to her bedroom schoolhouse. Luke and Lindsey started Junior High a week after the girls. We had some schedule rearranging to do to get things in order, but other than that, everything went smoothly. Luke was happy to be back with friends and no longer at the bottom of the todem pole. Lindsey has adjusted very well to having numerous teachers and opening her locker. For the first year, the junior high is offering honors classes to the 7th graders. Lindsey is enrolled in those classes. After going to Back to School Night, I decided Lindsey's schedule may be more difficult than Luke's (Luke is in Honors too but his don't seem as hard). We'll see how it works out. Finally, a couple weeks after Luke and Lindsey started, Matthew went back to preschool. He is starting at a new school this year. The curriculum at his school is very structured. The kids are required to purchase reading books and prepare to pass them off. I relieved when I found out it is the same reading program I have taken all of my other kids through. We already had the books and Matthew is already familiar with them. I wasn't sure how I felt about having homework in preschool but it shouldn't be too bad.