Another School Year

August 2011

Nathan is ready for kindergarten!!

Nathan has been so excited for school to start. During the month before school started he often requested in his prayers, "please let time go fast so I can go to school and learn everything." He has come a long way from the socially shy little boy that couldn't leave his mama's side and didn't seem to have an ounce of anxiety as I dropped him off with his class. He was even excited for the daily bus ride, loving the 15 minutes of social time with all the neighbor kids.

Waiting for the kindergarten carpool. He was pretending to be pouty because it was taking so long for his ride to come.

Justin is starting 7th grade. This year the 7th grade was moved from the Middle School to the new Jr. High (the old high school building) so preteen Justin is being thrown in with all the teenager hormones of the 8th and 9th graders. Yikes!

Before school started we spent a day at the High School getting Vivien registered and helping Vivien and Derek get acquainted with the layout of the school.

Erika Jo is a senior. Senior-itis hit when she was a freshman so this could be a long year for her. Derek is a sophomore. This will be his first year in the new High School and he seems most excited for his building and science classes. Vivien is registered as a senior so that she can take advantage of all the senior activities and experience crossing stage as a graduate even though her year here will not count towards any of her schooling in Slovakia.

Erika, Derek and Vivien rode the bus on the first day of school mostly because Vivien was excited to ride the big American yellow school bus. One morning was enough experience and now they ride with Erika's friend Ali every morning. After school Derek and Vivien still ride the bus home even though it is, according to Vivien, "crowded and loud". Erika usually wanders her way home with a friend.

And what does Hyrum do while the others, more specifically, his buddy Nathan, is at school?

After running errands with Mom, eating lunch and reading stories there's always time for a nap with Harrison.