School's Back in Session

Bobby thinks school is just exhausting!  Just kidding, he's been giving up his nap since he's four years old and that's how we roll here. It sometimes still catches up with him when he has his rest time in his room.

Hannah wanted a fresh look for school so we cut her hair.

 

One of the moms put together a back to school party for the freshman girls at the bowling alley.

And then it was time for it to really get real.  My Isaac was going to school.  I was expecting nerves, begging, and all kinds of freaking out, but not this guy.  He had an awesome first day and loves it!  He hasn't complained about waking up early, the loss of his free time, or even homework.  He has been very responsible save one day.  His teacher has written notes to me telling me how well he's adjusting and his weekly reports have been glowing!  His first test was in math and he got a perfect score.  Math is typically his most dreaded subject.  I don't know whether to be proud or hurt.  Should I be proud because he is succeeding or hurt that he was never this good for me?  He is excelling like I never could have imagined.  This school has a house system, kind of like in Harry Potter, for 5th and 6th graders.  Isaac had a ceremony where he was inducted into the Baggins house, which is the current holder of the champion cup.  They do competitions, build camaraderie, and even play teacher-approved pranks.  It sounds kind of extraordinary, if you ask me.

The girls' school year is going well also.  Genna is really amazing me with her dedication to cross country.  She took the hundred mile run challenge this summer and made it even with her foot hurting and being in physical therapy.  Now she is running three afternoons (Can you say hot and miserable?  We're in Texas not people!) a week and practicing or doing a meet on Saturday too.  She gets home late and still has lots of homework, yet she is persevering.  

Hannah has a new class as a freshman called Humane Letters it is a two hour class with a ten minute break outside in the middle.  It's a mix of History and Literature in the form of seminars.  They also get the privilege of being able to drink coffee or tea in this class which is kind of fun.  She also chose her language track.  She could have chosen between four years of Spanish or two more years of Latin, followed by two years of Greek.  She wishes desperately that they had German so she wouldn't have to work so hard, but she wanted to stick with what she already knew and so chose the Latin/Greek track.  

The big downfall of the new school year has been the car line and the traffic outside our neighborhood due to increased construction and a lack of turn lanes.  All of this has so far had me and the little ones in the van well over two hours a day, and that is if we don't go anywhere else.  And we only live about 15 minutes away from the school!  If we go somewhere in the afternoon, it is extremely hard to time pick up just right where we're not sitting in the lot extra waiting for our wave time slot to roll around, watching the line grow bigger and bigger.  The following couple pictures are from one of those days where we just had some time to kill before pick up and stopped in a Lego Brick store for 45 minutes of my life that I will never get back.

Someone wasn't tall enough to pull off being a Lego Minifigure even with the stool.

The Car Line- it's not for the feint of heart!  The struggle is real.  Another day when no naps caught up with him.