The kids started a new school this year, and boy was it a rough start. Anna was nervous the whole first week of school, and cried everyday before class started. She says she loves the school, and has made some nice new friends. Her only reason she can give me for crying is that the day is TOO long. I feel bad for her, but she is in the fourth grade, and the work load is about to pick up. It actually already has. The amount of homework this girl has is insane. It completely takes up my evenings, and weekends. If you know Anna, she's a smart girl, but homework is not her thing. We constantly have to stay on her, and struggle to get it done. I think this next week we will begin our homework time together in prayer so that her heart and mind is in the right place. Here is a picture of Anna on her first day of fourth grade.
And here is a picture of her first day of kindergarten. Makes me want to cry. It seems like it was just yesterday.
Anna's actually over my shoulder right now, and wants me to add this picture. It's her favorite of herself right now. ;)
Bub started high school this year. Can you believe it? He is loving every minute of it, and seems to be doing really well. His freshmen class only has about 150 students, and 12 of those came from his previous school. They all eat lunch together, and seem to be closer than ever. It has been funny to hear all of the stories about some of his new friends and his teachers. I have a feeling that he will have a great year. Here is a picture of his first day of 9th grade.
And his kindergarten school picture. I didn't have a digital camera when he was in kindergarten, and all of his younger photos are packed away.
Trin started preschool this year at the same school that Anna and Casey are going to. She was so excited and couldn't wait for her first day to start. That first day I took her in and she was all smiles. on the way to school while we were sitting in traffic she said "I'm really tired of sitting here. I want to run around". When we got to school she sat at her spot at her table, and started painting. Gave me a kiss and a hug, and said goodbye. When I picked her up that day she started crying as soon as she saw me. The whole afternoon she proclaimed that she wasn't going back to preschool.
She said some pretty funny things that afternoon. I kept mentioning...when you go back to school on Friday. amd she said, "Didn't you hear me? I'm not going back to preschool." At one point Casey asked her what her teacher's name was, and she said "I don't have a teacher, because I'm not in preschool." She also announced this in the car on the way home, "attention please, I'm not going back. It was hilarious all the things she was coming up with that afternoon.
Come to find out, there was another Trinity in her class, (can you believe it?) and there snack got mixed up. I think having someone with a different name through her off. I told her I could have the teacher call her Neen or Nina, or even Nini, and she refused. She said "she can call me Trinity, because that is my name". She also said none of the other kids talked to her, but she didnt talk to them either. She has since been to school several more times, and is slowly starting to like it. Here is a picture of Trinity on her first day of preschool.
Look how happy and confident she was before school.
Hopefully this year will be a great one. Full of learning and growth!
2 comments:
<3 love that picture of my anna. Miss you all so much!
This post brings me to tears because I remember each of these kids starting school and I can't believe it's Trinity's turn now. It seems like yesterday that they were all babies. And now you have such a handsome, kind-hearted high schooler, a beautiful, loving 4th grader, and a hilarious, one of a kind preschooler. I am hoping Mason stays a baby for a while because the others have grown up too quick. I love the stories about Trinity's first day at school. Her comments are priceless!
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