Wow! Talk about a busy month! We are all great - Holly is on the mend from surgery and resumed squirrel chasing, David loves school and I am staying a good busy at work.
Second grade is amazing! David asked if he could go to school on Saturday, if it was open, of course. He works hard in the classroom so there's not much homework. Math comes on Fridays and he has the week to finish it, if he wanted to. (It goes back to school finished on Monday). There are spelling words on Mondays with a test on Friday.
David just finished another round of swim lessons, and the leader said one more set of lessons and he's ready to join a swim club. But then he joined the Theatre Club and goes to practice three days/week after school, which doesn't leave a bunch of time to swim. He's looking forward to the next performance in November where he will be a generic ghost.
Friday was a field trip to Ball State to learn how to research at the library and visit the planetarium. And he's ready for the next field experience in October where they will visit a restored one-room school house. David and his classmates will dress up for their experience in 1900s clothes, so he has dress pants, a white shirt, bow tie, suspenders and newsboy cap. This is pretty far from the normal shorts and an Under Armor shirt. :-)
Our school had a bunch of students who enrolled in the first days of class, so much of my time was helping in one of the kindergarten classrooms and pitching in at the office for my first days of school. But now I'm working in small groups with students in kindergarten through 4th grade on reading and math skills which is rewarding most of the day. (I have a handful of students who haven't learned the Miller death stare to stop what you are doing now, but I'm confident they will learn. LOL!) When you realize most of these students don't have anyone asking if homework is done or reading with them daily, you understand why their skillset needs help.
