For some reason I really thought that I had updated the blog with pictures from the first day of school. It’s a tradition, you know? But I guess the instant accessibility of Facebook is kind of leaving the blog behind. Still, I don’t like to put too much on fb, and I feel (justified or not) that I can write more freely here on “OUR” blog, so I will try to continue updating here as well as fb.
Jacob started 7th grade this year. The schools in Ankeny are broken up K-5, 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12. Ankeny is also in the process of splitting into a two-school community, the Hawks and the new Jaguars. There are now two 6-7 and two 8-9 schools, and next year there will be two high schools. Jacob is not particularly happy about this because he says that most of his friends are now Jaguars and he is still a Hawk.
Elise is now in 5th grade–her chance to rule the school, and start band! She plans to learn the clarinet, but so far the only thing I’m hearing from her about is how bothered she is by having to share her one and only recess with the 1st graders–specifically her little sister!
Cameron has begun 4th grade and is now taking his turn with the recorder. He has the same teacher Elise had last year (and last year he had the teacher she’d had the year before)!
Elena, as I mentioned, is in 1st grade now. She had all-day Kindergarten, so the school routine is really nothing new. She has started to receive homework and reading assignments though, and while its not too hard for her, it definately is more work for me that I hadn’t prepared for.
