Back to School

On August 22 Annie, Emma, and Jake went back to school.  Annie is in the 6th grade and decided this year to return back to Homedale.  The sixth grade is in the middle school.  Emma is in the 4th grade and Jake in 1st.

 

We were worried about Jake going to 1st grade and being in school all day.  In Kindergarten he never really did adjust to being required to be at school every day.  He cried many days when he had to get out of the car and be away from home for 3 hours.  "It's just so long!"he would cry.  This year has been much better.  Though he doesn't necessarily look forward to school, he is surviving and doing quite well. 

 

Annie too, is having a much better year.  Last year she attended the charter school and her feelings about getting out of the car each day didn't differ from Jake.  It was a difficult year.  It was difficult each day to know we had two children who were miserable.  This year Annie is coming home from school happy.  It is so nice to see her happy again.

 

Back to school is my least favorite time of the year.  We had such a fun summer.  We spent three or four days a week at Roaring Springs thanks to a family pass given to us by Grandma Jo and Grandpa at Christmas time.  The girls would attend gymnastics four days a week and the other kids and I would pick them up and we would swim and play for two or three hours.  With everyone back to school life suddenly slowed down and home became very quiet. 

 

All three older kids have amazing teachers this year and are learning so much.  So, there really is no comparison to the days of play we enjoyed all summer long.  We look forward to weekends and days off to play.