Back to school.... 3 weeks ago

Well folks, I am breaking my many months of blog silence. I always want to be very thorough in my posts, which is part of the reason I haven't posted in months; who has time to be thorough?! I finally decided something was better than nothing, so here is my first post in a long while.

I know I am late, but the kids started back to school on August 13. Anna is absolutely loving it. Her teacher is very kind and uses tons of music in the classroom. The first week they had a contest to name the class pets, a frog and a fish. The fish was appropriately named Phelps. The frog received the name Jacob. She has loved having her friend Sarah in her class again this year too. All in all she is doing great. Here she is on her first day:

Lizzy is loving kindergarten too. She has a male kindergarten teacher, which I was a little worried about, but I have really liked him. He is totally organized and seems to be aware of where Lizzy is at academically. Liz has been extra tired but still enjoying school. They have a staggered start over the first three days for kindergartners, so only one third of the class goes over the first three days. Because of this here first day was different than Adam and Anna. Cute Lizzy.

I think Adam is enjoying too, although he will tell you differently. If you ask him if he likes school he will shrug his shoulders and kind of grunt (have we reached this already?). He often complains of being bored , but has liked some of the things his teacher has done already. She had them act out the olympic race where 2 men were disqualified and Adam got to be Usain Bolt, which he thought was pretty cool. They also had to "form" a team of animals and say which animals they would choose and which events they would have them compete in. He is busier than ever with extracurricular activities, so I think school seems boring in comparison.

Ben just had his first day of preschool yesterday. He was pretty shy at first and stuck close to me, but when it was time for me to go in the other room for a mini parent meeting, he did just fine. He keeps asking when he will get to go back, and said he had a great time. I think this will be really good for Ben. He has really missed the kids now that we are back to school. I don't know what I will do with myself when it is just Jacob and I for a few hours a week. This isn't his first day of preschool picture (I admit it, I forgot to take one!) but it is a cute picture of Ben.

We loved the summer and enjoyed having time to spend together. We are getting a little better at the school routine, but we are working out the kinks still. Happy school year kids. We love you! Oh, just because he is cute, here is picture of Jacob. Isn't he sweet?