Well, since the last post we've been terribly busy trying to find our school routine and schedule. Why do I always think that we'll be more organized and not as crazy when school starts? That's just not true.
Kale started Kindergarten on August 31. He was able to go for an orientation day the week before but his official first day was the 31st. He had a pretty good first week, other than the playground was swarming with wasps and so it was off limits to the kids. That was pretty upsetting to Kale. He was really worried about the wasps. This week was okay for him. By Thursday he was whining in the mornings that he didn't want to go to school. He couldn't say why except that he thinks it's boring. Right now they are coloring alot and filling time with art project. He really doesn't like coloring. He does like painting, cutting, glueing, and everything else creative but coloring hurts his hand. At the end of each day however, he is happy and excited to tell me all about his day and show me all his papers. They don't start reading groups until October 1 so he'll have to wait a few more weeks before they really get into the good stuff.
Anyway, by Thursday night he was visibly tired. He got to bed at about 8, even though his bed time is 7:30, and went right to sleep. I decided to let him sleep as long as he needed in the morning because he had mentioned that he had wanted to take a nap at school Thursday but they didn't end up having rest time. He slept until Kai woke him up at about 8:20. He was obviously still tired because he was terribly whiny about going to school. He even almost started crying. I let him stay for a while and lay in my bed. Of course, he didn't fall back asleep. When I got home from playing basketball, he was watching a movie so I made him get up and go to school. Again, we had more tears so I agreed to go with him and watch him from across the room. We got to school a little bit before lunch time. I stayed through lunch and then recess. That was the agreement so he was fine when I left.
When he got home, he was happy and cheerful and showed me all of his papers and told me all about his afternoon. I asked if he was glad he went to school and he said yes so I think he was sleep deprived and we're going to really have to work on that. New bed time: 7pm.
In the meantime, Seila, Kai, and Hadley are doing their school work at home. They all seem to really enjoy it. Kai has a hard time staying focused some days. Hadley misses playing with all her friends at recess. They are doing well at getting their work done and being responsible. We are going to add jump rope lessons on Tuesdays with a friend who was on a team when she was a little girl. Hopefully we'll be able to figure out how to add Spanish lessons from a different friend. Hadley's Science course had led us to some fun experiments and learning opportunities already. She is learning about ecosystems. We now have a new compost bin in our backyard (Kai helped me build it) as well as a lizard in our kitchen (don't worry, he's in a cage). We named him Zoom and sometime you'll have to ask us why his name is Zoom.
Justin's cousin and his family are moving to Royal City soon and their boys went ahead and started school here. In June, he started building trusses here in Royal and his family was finally able to come last week. So, this last week we've had fun getting to know their family a little bit more each day. We're so excited for them to be here in Royal! They are actually living in Basin City right now until their rental house becomes available. He brings the kids to school every day when he drives out to work.
Pictures are in the previous post.
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