BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
School Year 2010-2011, September 2010
The week before school started the kid's elementary school always has an open house/ meet the teacher night, the kids are always anxious to officially meet their new teachers for the year.
Spencer now in 1st grade w/ Mrs. Argo and Ellie in 3rd grade with Mrs. Nazelrod
BreAnna our 5th grader with Mr. Lopez. This year it's nice since we are familiar with all the the kids teachers pretty much being that our kids are just working their way up the ladder and following in their past siblings teachers.
THE FIRST DAY
Jarom, yes we are in Middle School now. I didn't think as a mom I'd be quite so emotional about the whole middle school jump but our first born is now stepping up to the next stage of the public school system and the reality of "growing up is inevitable" really hit home this past week. Jarom now catches the bus at 6:30am with the other middle and high school kids which is two hours earlier than the year before and quite the adjustment for him and me for that matter since I typically make lunches in the morning. (I know as parents we wish we could put "clear play"...(we have the clear play dvd player which is heaven sent) anyways I wish there was a clear play for the words that come out of some of those kids potty-mouths so our kids won't have to be exposed to them, Jarom has already came home with some stories...but like they say- in one ear and out the other, it will give Jarom a chance to set a good example I suppose.) This is the first year that Jarom has cared about having any say about his school clothes and the shoes he wears but he now knows exactly what he likes and dislikes to wear with the brands and styles of clothes, oh I remember those days! Besides the nerves and whole adjustment thing he is REALLY liking middle school, his schedule and all of the perks that come along with it.
Miss BreAnna is so much more confident going into this year and being at the head of the school as a 5th grader. She had a few anxiety issues last year which probably stemmed from the struggles she has in reading that caused stomach problems that weren't fun to deal with but this year so far we are free flowing and by the sounds of things she is really enjoying her class and helping out the teacher as a responsible student. She was selected as one of the three leaders to help with the younger kids making sure they find their way to the buses after school. She was excited that Friday being the first Friday of the first year the 5th graders got root beer floats with many flavors of soda, orange, 7-up, ect. and they have already started the DARE program the drug and alcohol resistance program.
Bre and Hannah best of friends in duo outfits on the first day of school and then Bre and Ellie on the second day, they looked too cute I snapped another pic of the girls.
Ellie all excited about the first day of school. I drove the kids up to school on the first day of school and walked them to all of their individual classes showing them where to go and which doors to enter the next morning after they got off the bus. They ride the same bus with the same stops and routine as last year so we didn't think there would be any issues. Not so true with Ellie, on the second day of school- Ellie went to the door I instructed her to go through (only the kid's bus is like the last bus to get to school, they pick our kids up and drive around the country-side for another half an hour picking up other kids out the other direction and then head back the same direction to the school which leaves me wondering why they don't just pick my kids up on the trip back???..another story) but anyways so the kids are pretty much the last kids to get to school, so the door that's by the 3rd grade cubbys was locked that Ellie was supposed to go through and the teachers were no longer standing there to let the kids in, so Ellie ran around to the front door of the school and tried to go through it and the principal was out there and told her that she couldn't come through that door w/o an adult (it's a rule and policy) but to go to her outside class room door...well she couldn't find it, got lost and was almost in tears because the bell had rung and she was panicking because school was starting- she finally ended up following another student into a door and found her class room but she came home quite stirred up and distraught over the whole traumatic situation. It was a very dramatic scene of emotions that day after school, poor Ellie! The next morning I drove the kids up to the school again and rectified the door situation so we are HAPPY to say we are now good to go. Door issues aside, she does like her new teacher and is having fun meeting new friends since most of her good friends were placed in the other 3rd grade class.
Then there's Spencer our big 1st grader. He is so laid back about school and in his eyes he just goes with the flow when in reality he is the silent leader of the pack, he's such a good kid! He was THRILLED that the 2nd day of school because he lost his FIRST tooth at school and he landed a really cute little tooth holder and sticker from Mrs. Argo to take home and even cooler- the Tooth Fairy came to him for the very first time! Then the funny thing is that the very next day he lost another tooth, the bottom tooth next to the first one he had just lost. That night he was super excited to wait up all night to see the Tooth Fairy because some kids at school had told him that the tooth fairy wasn't real and he was confident he was going to set the record straight one way or another! The first night being the special first tooth lost, the Tooth Fairy had given him some new Transformer PJs and $5.00, so here he is the 2nd night wearing his new pjs ready to pull an all nighter waiting up for the Tooth Fairy.
Last but certainly not least our little Pre-School boy Josh! So excited to go to Spencer's past preschool at Miss Cindy's (she's a member of the church in Auburn over where we used to live who started up her own pre school in her home, it's gotten so big that she now has a morning and afternoon class.) It's only twice a week on Tues. and Thurs. for 2 1/2 hours but it's good for him to have something he does of his own. He is dragged to and fro here to there when we do soccer, scouts, dance, activity days and such with the older siblings so I feel it's important for him to have this outlet. I know some moms put their kids in preschool for themselves to get that sanity time but it's not quite that direction for me (being in the afternoon and not too close to home, in the middle of Brookers nap time, it'll take a bit of an adjustment but we'll make it work- we swang it for Spencer and Miss Cindy does such a great job and has such a fun program for the kids, it'll be fun for Joshie and the best part is that he'll be making friends and learning at the same time!)
Well there we have it another school year back in full swing, School is officially in SESSION!
