I'm such a fan of Montessori and I haven't been disappointed. Karly has had a few days where she's missed her friends at Lomond View, but we're working on making new friends and there is always something she's excited about at when she comes home from school. She''s been super excited about the class pet, the picture day/yearbook committee she volunteered for and studio fridays, where they get to do an art class, a music class and special PE of their choosing...Karly chose Yoga and loves it! (She's not such a fan of the dance class she picked for her music option, but hopefully it will get better) Dylan was a little worried in the beginning that he might have to repeat Kindergarten since they don't do enough worksheets but I've assured him that he will learn more than enough to move on to 1st grade. We always talk about snack time on the way home from school since montessori kids go to the snack table any time they want during the morning, prepare their own snack according to the directions on the card (one scoop of goldfish, two apples, 4 crackers, etc.) and then clean up after themselves. Dylan was sad the first day because other kids got snack and he didn't and he didn't understand why. I guess he wasn't paying attention when they explained how it works. He hasn't missed since.
Kelsey started 7th grade this year at Orion Jr. High. She was pretty nervous the week before school started, but after the first day was completely comfortable with the exception of her Spanish class that Russ and I insisted on. When she tearfully told me she just didn't want to be in a class of all 9th graders I caved and called the counseling office and got her schedule changed. After a month she seems to have made a super smooth adjustment and is really happy.
Brady is a Junior at Weber High school and super busy!! When we do get to see him, he usually has homework and is really tired, but has managed to carve out a few hours here and there to play Mario (Kart, Galaxy, party, whatever...) with Dylan. Brady is a junior officer so even before school started he was busy with meetings and events getting ready for school to start. Even though he's busy I know he loves it! This past week was homecoming and he was rarely home, Saturday he did a few things in the morning and then slept most of the day after putting in an appearance as Chester the (dancing) Cheetah at a community fun run. To make things busier, he's doing driver's ed from 6-7:30am, and swim team practices started last week as well. (If you see Brady, ask him about the homecoming parade...)
We had a super fun summer, I loved doing things with the kids and seeing friends and family. I'm really enjoying this stage of our lives where I can do fun stuff with the kids and they aren't sucking the life out of me. I won't deny it though, I have enjoyed the quiet time at home, running errands on my own and cleaning the house and having it stay clean until at least 3:00. Dylan gets home from school at 11:30 which barely gives me time to go to the gym and shower so fortunately I still get time with him and I'm not completely on my own.
These pictures were from the night of the first home football game. Karly had done the Warriorette/cheer clinic during the week and at half-time they got to perform the dance and cheers they had learned. No one had to twist her arm to participate, she loves this stuff!! By the time I took pictures of Karly and Brady, Kelsey was already long gone with her friends... not that she would have let me take her picture. ;)
(Whew! Glad I got this Blog done before it was time to put up Halloween pictures! )
