Well...Back to School 2011 means that ALL three of my kiddos are now in school. YUP...the little man is now in kindergarten...full days...five days a week. I must say that I held it together very well that day...not too many tears...nor too much dancing in the school parking lot. he! he! he! Really, the strangest thing is not having my 'buddy' finding me throughout the day...asking me for things...telling me what he's up to...asking me what I'm up to...or even telling me what I SHOULD be up to! ha!
Kyla started JUNIOR HIGH this year! I know! I can't believe it, either! ;)This means lockers...and gym class...and student IDs...and did I mention lockers??? (cause she has THREE separate ones to keep up with between school, gym, and band). The Jr. High is HUGE compared to the Intermediate School...with classes upstairs and downstairs. So for several days Kyla took her schedule and her map and plodded along. However, Thursday she came home telling me she went on a 'suicide run.' Honestly, I thought it was some sort of gym drill...ha!...but she then explained, "I just put away my schedule, and my map, and I went for it!" That's my girl!!!
Summer is now at the Intermediate School...it's strictly a 5th and 6th grade campus. She had been there several times for Kyla's activities and already knew several of the teachers so she didn't seem to struggle with any 'fear of the unknown.' She has the same teachers that Kyla had in 5th grade and she was VERY excited for that. As a mom, I'm excited too. Kyla had her best academic year in 6th grade and I think Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Gaytan in 5th were a BIG part of that!!! Summer came home Friday FULL of excitement...she was elected student council representative for her class. She was already talking about being student council president...ha! One step at a time, Summer!
And I've already mentioned Luke and kindergarten. My little man...away all day! He has a very sweet teacher, Mrs. Martinez, and one of his buddies from church in his class. Hopefully, that will be a 'good' thing and NOT a problem (due to playing around too much!) ;) He has mastered the art of eating in the cafeteria and riding home on the bus! He is enjoying showing us his behavior chart when he gets home each day...he likes to act like it is a BIG surprise. So far, it's been good...4 green days and 1 yellow. Although, in true Luke fashion he described it to me as a 'light green.' It was written in yellow highlighter, giving it a greenish hue...but he knew FULL WELL that it was YELLOW. That boy! I just gotta love him to pieces!!!
Kyla started JUNIOR HIGH this year! I know! I can't believe it, either! ;)This means lockers...and gym class...and student IDs...and did I mention lockers??? (cause she has THREE separate ones to keep up with between school, gym, and band). The Jr. High is HUGE compared to the Intermediate School...with classes upstairs and downstairs. So for several days Kyla took her schedule and her map and plodded along. However, Thursday she came home telling me she went on a 'suicide run.' Honestly, I thought it was some sort of gym drill...ha!...but she then explained, "I just put away my schedule, and my map, and I went for it!" That's my girl!!!
Summer is now at the Intermediate School...it's strictly a 5th and 6th grade campus. She had been there several times for Kyla's activities and already knew several of the teachers so she didn't seem to struggle with any 'fear of the unknown.' She has the same teachers that Kyla had in 5th grade and she was VERY excited for that. As a mom, I'm excited too. Kyla had her best academic year in 6th grade and I think Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Gaytan in 5th were a BIG part of that!!! Summer came home Friday FULL of excitement...she was elected student council representative for her class. She was already talking about being student council president...ha! One step at a time, Summer!
And I've already mentioned Luke and kindergarten. My little man...away all day! He has a very sweet teacher, Mrs. Martinez, and one of his buddies from church in his class. Hopefully, that will be a 'good' thing and NOT a problem (due to playing around too much!) ;) He has mastered the art of eating in the cafeteria and riding home on the bus! He is enjoying showing us his behavior chart when he gets home each day...he likes to act like it is a BIG surprise. So far, it's been good...4 green days and 1 yellow. Although, in true Luke fashion he described it to me as a 'light green.' It was written in yellow highlighter, giving it a greenish hue...but he knew FULL WELL that it was YELLOW. That boy! I just gotta love him to pieces!!!
