is the reason I took so long to post first day of school pics...not that I've been too lazy to get it done. Today my Aaron started preschool. He's SO. EXCITED. His backpack has been packed for several days and he has been packing lunches for 2 weeks straight. He faithfully gets up with the big kids, packs a lunch, sends them off to school, and eats his "lunch" around 9:00...he just can't wait any longer than that! A few friends from church have joined forces to do a home preschool with each Momma being the teacher for 2 weeks at a time. He was dressed and ready to go to Jack's house at 7:20 a.m. which is good because school starts at 9:30 and we didn't want to be late.
Can you tell how sad she is to be home all alone with just Mom? Rough life for this one.Kyle is loving the 2nd grade so far. The new school was a bit of an adjustment the first day but he seems to be making friends and fitting in just fine. He misses some things about the old school but likes some things at the new school better...all in all he's doing great!
Miss K LOVES 4th grade. She has had no trouble at all with the transition and pops out of bed ready to go every morning. If she could change one thing about the new school it would be to have more days of art and music and less days of P.E.--ask her Daddy how he feels about that.
Here they are together on Day #1 of a new adventure. I was all set and ready to go take them to the school. AND THEY TOTALLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO! They insisted on riding the bus the first day!!! I took them to meet the teacher the week before school started and they figured that was good enough. It's not like they are kindergarten babies and need someone to walk them in, Geez Mom. When did they grow up?
Speaking of growing up...
Starting middle school is tough enough but when your parents up and move the family 5 whole miles down the road it pretty much ruins your entire life. Good thing this boy is resiliant. Here's Mr T ready to tackle intermediate school. Big time 6th grader. The move has been hardest on him, he really misses his friends from the other school and is taking longer to adjust but I think he's starting to warm up to the idea that we live here and we're not moving back. The good news is we have some church friends in the neighborhood so at least he knew a few people before school started. The first day was rough...they didn't give him P.E.!!! That would have been AWESOME for his sister, but was devastating for him. I got it fixed and he's much happier. He's getting involved in some groups at school and finding his niche. He's really looking forward to 7th grade when he can compete in sports but all in all is doing great. We love you T-Hop!
Miss K LOVES 4th grade. She has had no trouble at all with the transition and pops out of bed ready to go every morning. If she could change one thing about the new school it would be to have more days of art and music and less days of P.E.--ask her Daddy how he feels about that.
Here they are together on Day #1 of a new adventure. I was all set and ready to go take them to the school. AND THEY TOTALLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO! They insisted on riding the bus the first day!!! I took them to meet the teacher the week before school started and they figured that was good enough. It's not like they are kindergarten babies and need someone to walk them in, Geez Mom. When did they grow up?
Speaking of growing up...
Starting middle school is tough enough but when your parents up and move the family 5 whole miles down the road it pretty much ruins your entire life. Good thing this boy is resiliant. Here's Mr T ready to tackle intermediate school. Big time 6th grader. The move has been hardest on him, he really misses his friends from the other school and is taking longer to adjust but I think he's starting to warm up to the idea that we live here and we're not moving back. The good news is we have some church friends in the neighborhood so at least he knew a few people before school started. The first day was rough...they didn't give him P.E.!!! That would have been AWESOME for his sister, but was devastating for him. I got it fixed and he's much happier. He's getting involved in some groups at school and finding his niche. He's really looking forward to 7th grade when he can compete in sports but all in all is doing great. We love you T-Hop! 
I love hearing all the stories. Thanks, Amy, for finding time to fill us in.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to Tyler's new-school-melancholia. I had it, big time, when we moved from CA to Idaho, and really, a new school is a new school, no matter how close the old one is. But thirty years later (good grief--30 years?) I am still close to a couple of the friends I made at that new school, and would have missed a lot if I'd stuck to my plan to keep things from changing. I can't wait to hear what good things are in store for all of your kids in their new schools.
Love you--
Beth
Yes, you definitely need to update your blog more often cuz I saw all (well four of them at least) those kids in person last year and they look completely different now. I hear ya' on the move thing. Our oldest has really struggled too. Sometimes I think it'd be better if we'd moved farther just so there was no option for him to keep calling his old friends instead of making new ones.
ReplyDeleteThanks Beth! It's always good to get some words of encouragement to buoy us up. We know this is the best thing for our family but I also remember moving in 6th grade and my life being ruined. Growing up is hard enough and when you throw a move into it things get worse. At least we did it to him now and not in the middle of intermediate or high school!
ReplyDeleteWow C, we must have been writing at the same time, weird. Yes! I think moving further away would have been better...like taking off a bandaid or something. He went to his first fooball game tonight and had a great time, so that's one checkmark in the "good adjustment" column, whew! Finally!
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