New School Year

It is a new year in our house. Since 4 out of the 5 of us are still students our years are based on a august-july schedule. We did the annual school supply and uniform shopping and even made it to all the open houses and the kids are perfectly excited about the new year and what it has to offer.

Mike and I also realized that since Link is now in Headstart (preK for 3 year olds) we have all three of our kids in public school. No daycare, just regular old big kid school. We are quickly reminded that no babies live in our house anytime Link is called our baby boy. He gets very red faced and scrunches up his whole face and then in a very grump ompaloompa way he informs us that he is not a baby but he is a big boy like his bubba. It is so hard not to laugh and kiss that little baby face! It is also amazing to us that Princess is starting Kindergarten and Beau is now in his final year of elementary with the big 5th grade! It is really true that they grow up so fast.

Link has adapted well to preK and loves it! It helps that his classroom theme is sheriff Andy from Toy Story and we know how much my little boy loves Toy Story. He comes home from school in smiles everyday and he is so excited every morning to go to his big boy school. We are hoping that being around all of the kids will help him continue to improve on his speech skills and I know that the kids will be blessed to have that little ball of sun in their class.

Princess and Beau are both at the same school now which means that Princess finally got her wish. She now rides the big "lellow" bus with her big brother. She was nervous at first and told Beau and I that she was scared of being hurt on the bus. The look of fury that went through her Hero's eyes would have scared any would be school bus bully and Beau let his sister know that if anyone picked on her they would have to go through him first and they did not want to do that. It really was sweet to watch and anyone that knows B knows that he is a hero at heart and that little girl will be safe from anything.

Princess loves going to big kid school. She keeps informing me that Link goes to her old school and she now goes to Big Kid school. She runs to the bus every morning and even enjoys picking out her uniform in the morning. This was a worry of mine because I have a little fashionista and I thought it would be a fight. We know mix up her school look with bows, socks and belts. She is trying to convince her dad that she needs another pair of shoes (she has like 20) but he is not buying that kool aid.

Beau was nervous about being in the 5th grade. This surprised me since he is a very advanced student and school has never been an issue. After some questions I discovered that he was worried about his new teacher. He did not know any of the 5th grade teachers and was worried that he would get a mean teacher that would not be nice but so far so good. I called the school (didn't tell him that before I did it) and asked about the teacher and was told that the one he got was actually the best one for that grade. She told me that if we liked his 4th grade teacher (whom we loved!) then she was right up our alley. I told B that and it helped calm his nerves. It also helped that he has a few of his friends in there too. True to his word he takes the bus business serious and uses that time to quiz his sister about her day so that he can answer her questions for her at dinner (we had to tell him to let her talk about it) and he lets her take a nap too because he said that Kindergarten used to tire him out too.

Mike never really stopped the school year and finished the second summer session with another A. I really am amazed at how gifted he is and I know that one day the future students of broadcasting are going to be lucky to have him as a teacher. Now, lets just make it through this year and get one step closer.

Me- I have not been a student for a long time but I still miss the new school year excitement. I thought it would get better over the years but every August I get that itch to go buy paper, pens and over priced books that I will read before the class even starts. I guess that is why I buy enough school supplies to send extras to the kids classes. Oh well, one day I will no longer here the siren call of a school bell but will instead think about how free I am to not be worried about juries, finals and papers.

I hope everyone has a great new school year!