Christopher Joins His Brothers in the School Experience

Since school has started, Christopher has begged to go to school. Because his birthday falls just past the 2009 August beginning for regular school, I figured I would put him in pre-K school next year. However, since he has shown his ability to be ready for Kindergarten next year, we decided to put him in pre-school this year. He had his first day yesterday and did very well. Mrs. Ryan expressed she would like to nickname him smiley, because he smiled the whole time he was there. He is so excited about being a big school boy now. In talking with the Kindergarten teacher, she felt confident Christopher would be ready for her class, even though he won't be quite five yet when he starts school. We shall see how everything goes.

Ethan had his first test of the year and received a 100%. We are so pleased with how well he is doing. Unfortunately, first grade is quite the adjustment for him. Getting up in the morning is proving to be very difficult for him. He is very grouchy when he gets up. Hopefully as the year progresses things will get easier in the "waking up department" for him.

Stephen has been doing well too. He has gotten 100% + bonus on his spelling tests. He is also working very hard to be a good example and live up to the standards in his Faith in God book. He is growing up and is taking more and more responsibility in the house and at school. He is getting close to completing his Wolf rank and will be moving up to work on his Bear rank in October.

Thus our family is very busy keeping up with school, activities, and family fun. We are very blessed to have everyone healthy and happy and expect this new school year to be full of growth and fun.