Ice Cream Social

Tonight the kids had their Back 2 School Open House. It was great to visit with the teachers, see art work and classrooms and meet other families. The first month of school has been good and it feels like we are well on the way to a good routine. That includes the drive.

Austin has been much more vocal {at home} with his Spanish. Kurt loves to talk with him and he understands so much. He has moved up 2 language groups since last year and his Spanish teacher continues to "celebrate" his progress. She gets so excited about how well he is doing, it is contagious. We need to add Spanish into the daily life at home. So that boils down to ME. {{I have located a Rosetta Stone that is NOT being used so that is super exciting!}}

Emma Lynn was tested on her reading today and she is reading and comprehending at a 4th grade level. Go girl! She is loving the world of chapter books. There is a lot of Junie B. Jones at our house currently. She continues to be a self motivated, dedicated student.



The first week of school Spencer would continue to tell me that he did not get in trouble that day. I was happy when those reports stopped because it is not a concern of mine! We were walking out of the library one day after school when we passed a girl from his class with her parents. As soon as we walked passed Spencer loudly exclaims, "Mom, that's the girls who always gets in trouble!" LOL

I am happy to report that Spencer is NOW adjusting very well to school. The first few weeks were very hard. He did great at school but at home he would cry, and whine and then cry some more. About everything. It was a battle to do homework {that was super easy for him} and he put little effort into his work. I was surprised because this was NOT my easy going happy boy. I kept reminding myself that it is an extremely long day for him and that he was tired. Gratefully he is getting more sleep and adjusting to the routine. I'm SO happy to have my boy back.



All three teachers have commemted on how they are leaders in the classroom. That makes me beam with pride kind of happy.

We had root beer floats afterwards.