First Day of School!

The moment has come... all my kiddos are in school full-time. It was actually a very sad moment for me Sunday night, but it's all good now. Yeah, I know school actually started on Aug 25 and you'd think I'd have time galore to keep up with the blog. However, I have had a line up of projects that needed done; a pantry to organize, a fridge to scrub, volunteer work to organize, etc.

This year we decided the kids needed a change of schools. Chandler had the opportunity to attend a Spectrum school and the other 3 were accepted to a Charter school.

Shelby, age 6, 1st grade

Shelby is so excited to be in the 1st grade. I separated her and Shyann this year. She likes her teacher, Mrs. Moss (who's from Spain and is teaching them Spanish), and since she's a social butterfly hasn't had a problem making friends. She thinks it's pretty cool that she has a lunch box, but was way excited about Pizza Hut Day on Wednesday. The charter school has uniforms (awesome), but still has fun deciding what to wear and how her hair will be done. She gets to decide what she wants to wear after school and still comes up with her wonderful fashions.

Shyann, age 6, 1st grade

Shyann is having a great time in 1st grade, too. She thinks it's pretty neat that she gets to eat lunch at the school. She's not much of a lunch eater so for the first couple of days her sandwiches ended up coming home with her so now she has a more simplified lunch. She really likes her teacher, Mrs. Broceno, who will teach them some Spanish. There's a little girl from our ward in her class and they have since become good friends.

Chandler, age 8, 3rd grade

Chandler struggled this year about going to a different school. He was excited that he was going to learn more and in different ways, but worried about the loss of friends. He's made up for it! He loves sports and most shirts he's worn so far have some sports something on them. He just joined a "running club" at his school and is really excited about this. They do it during recesses and a few minutes before school gets out. They can walk if they want, but of course, he's excited to see how long he can run. Today he just did a "shoe and tell" report. He had to report like the shoe was talking and give some info about himself, it was cute.

Colby, age 11, 6th grade

Colby is so excited about being in 6th grade. The charter school made a wing on their new Junior High building for the 5th and 6th graders. He has a great teacher, Mr. Alarcon, who is from Spain. He was so happy to find out they were getting lockers this year. He can't wait to learn Spanish. He came home and already had a few sentences he had to say to us. He's had some interesting things that he's had to do. He's going to have a fun year and I think this change of schools was the best thing for him so far.

The happy crew (just as their ride pulled up).I sure hope you kiddos have a great year! Good luck!!!