Through the first week

Everyone had a wonderful first week! HT was especially excited that his teacher had her baby boy yesterday morning. JC had enjoyed the additional responsibilities that come along with fourth grade, and she's also been making some new friends. We had hoped this might happen for her, that she would be able to "start over" with her new classmates from the other elementary. JR enjoyed his week also, but he's learning that school AND football can be an exhausting combination. In fact, I was a little worried about everyone's behavior yesterday because even before they left for school I could tell they were all absolutely exhausted. It's to be expected, but had some concerns about their ability to keep it together. Fortunately, all was well at school and last night we had a family game of Apples to Apples. It's such a fabulous game! The kids are learning that part of the fun is not necessarily taking the game completely literally, and it's also a great vocabulary tool for JR. And I love the fact that our family is having fun together without a TV screen being involved...it's awesome!