First Week of School

So, Monday was the first day of school.  If I had been the awesome blogger that I aspire to be, I would have written this on Monday and posted a picture.  However, the later we got into the week and I still had done nothing, I decided that a First Week of School post was much better than a First Day of School post.  If you post something the first day, you don't really get into the meat.  But if you wait the entire week, then you get some really good stuff.

Except there isn't really anything good to get.  I am happy to report that the kids are doing great at school and really love it.  They've been exhausted at the end of the day, probably from being on their best behavior all day, and have been pretty cranky and difficult to deal with when they get home, but they still like school.  After months of agonizing over it, we decided to put Sarah in first grade.  If we had stayed in Texas we probably would have held her back, but when we asked the neighbors most of them said only boys got held back.  I was worried about the decision but now know it was the right one.  She is doing just fine and loving first grade.  Her teacher is great, although pregnant which means she will leave in a few months and may or may not come back so we will have to get used to an entirely different teacher, and she really enjoys school.

We were kind of worried about Andy.  Switching schools, making new friends, hoping that they would continue his academic progress similar to his previous school.  So far so good.  They haven't placed him anywhere yet, but did testing yesterday and today to figure out what to do with him and plan to involve all of us, including him, in the discussions and decisions about his fourth grade year.  The school has been very receptive and everyone is super nice.  Even better, they are a little more laid back than his old school and when I took Sarah to the doctor this week they told me I didn't need a doctor's note.  Yay!  That was always such a pain.

So, no big tragedies, nobody got beat up, everyone is doing great.  They are excited about school and what the year will bring and so am I.  Even Amanda is adjusting well to having the kids gone - we'll see if that continues when she has to go back to school!