The First Day of School

School started for us on August 24th. Grandpa and Grandma were here to see the girls off. I think my mom, who is a 5-6 grade teacher, was more excited about the girls going to school than they were. It was a fun experience for us all.


My babies are growing up so much. Jessica started kindergarten this year. She's just a little bit of a thing...her backpack is bigger than she is. But, where she lacks height, she makes up for in spunk.

Jess has come home with all sorts of reports of what happens at school from who can't catch her on the playground to who had their frog hop that day (Inappropriate behavior makes your frog hop. If it gets to certain points, other consequences are enforced.) It didn't take a week before Jessie came home and announced in a matter-of-fact tone, "Well Mom, my frog hopped today." Even with all sorts of quizzing Jess just didn't know why her frog had hopped. I'm sure that her over-active social skills contributed to her frogs activity! So far she's learned the letter L and her teacher reported that she's doing wonderfully.

Heidi is a big second grader this year. She's so grown up in so many ways. She wants to do her own hair now and is very independent. Heidi is quite the little mommy and I miss her babysitting skills now that she's at school all day.

Having the older two at school all day has brought some different dynamics to our home. Natalie has been enjoying playing alone. Her stress level has dropped significantly now that her other two "mothers" have left. She's talking up a storm and is coming up with new words every day. "WHY?" is her favorite word now. I get sooo tired of hearing "whyyyy, mom?" in a whiny tone of voice. The fun part about the change in family dynamics is seeing Natalie get excited to see Heidi and Jess come home and the older two girls joy at seeing her excited to see them. It's just good all the way around. So even though another year of school brings change, change can be good and help us all.