First Week of School

The first week of school is officially over and I’m happy to report both kids survived just fine.

Caitlin has a great attitude about school and her anxiety has been minimal. One of my Young Women in the 9th grade has been looking out for her and saves her a seat on the bus every day. She’s been asked in almost every class if she’s “Caleb’s little sister” and has managed the halls, opening her locker, and getting to class on time . She loves school lunch (especially the sandwiches), her CTE class, and the school psychologist, “Bear”. She does not like the swearing in the halls or her Language Arts teacher. I took Caitlin to Back to School night on Thursday and we met with each of her teachers. I was so happy to see how well she knows the layout of the school already and can find her classes (even out of order).

For as well as Caleb does in school, he doesn’t like it (or at least loves to give that impression). He acts so chill about everything and never makes a big deal about anything. He has a difficult class schedule again this year with advanced and AP classes. He came home on Friday and informed us that he had “asserted his dominance in choir”. We had no idea what that meant and were a little nervous. Turns out he beat out the other bass voices and officially has the lowest male voice in his acappella choir. We’ve been letting him drive to school and he seems to like that freedom.

I was sad to see summer break come to an end, but it’s been good to get back into a routine. This year, with both kids in the upper grades, made me grateful we only have two kids. I can’t believe all the money in fees, school supplies, instrument rental, etc. we’ve paid and papers we’ve filled out. Ugh!