First Day of School

The long awaited day finally arrived.  Keely was super excited, Quinn said he'd rather stay on summer break.  It's a funny juxtaposition because Quinn loves school, Keely not so much - well, I should say Quinn loves learning new things and Keely loves the social aspect.  She was quite eager to make friends.  I was nervous for both of them.  More nervous than them, I am sure.  My favorite comment from James on Monday..."you do know it's not your first day of school, right?" :)

There are so many differences about their new school.  First is the time...they don't start school until 9:15 AM now - over an hour later than they started at BS.  Because of that later start time, school doesn't end until 3:55 PM.  This is public school, so no uniforms.  I miss them.  Not because of Keely's drama about what to wear to school (thank goodness James is handling that most mornings) but because they looked much like any other summer day when they dressed for school yesterday morning.  Aside from the huge backpacks filled with school supplies and sweatshirts because it was cold and damp, they looked pretty normal.  They now take the bus to school.  We are within walking or biking distance but there are buses for all children.  They are on Bus #1 and there are about 8 children at our bus stop.  They've never ridden a bus to school, I have always dropped them off and picked them up.  Again, there were more nerves for me on this front.  I just had to trust that they'd make it to school alright...and they did :)  The bus was really late picking them up and they got to school late but I'm sure it will be more timely after the first day or week passes.  They have much smaller classes than at BS - Keely has 19 in 2nd grade and Quinn has 21 in his class.  We met their teachers on Thursday and they both seem really nice.

I couldn't wait to get home and ask them all about their days.  They both seemed to have good first days, making some new friends and getting adjusted to their new classroom and new schedule.  Keely was much more forthcoming but Quinn answered all of my questions and I think I got most of the details from him as well.

Can't believe another school year has begun.  I'm hoping the good vibes from the first day continue as school goes on.  Life is getting busier too.  Both kids are playing soccer...games are on Saturdays, Keely has practice on Tuesdays and Quinn on Thursdays.  Keely is doing Gymnastics on Monday nights, Quinn is doing a football skills clinic on Tuesday evenings.  Because we are not in Catholic school anymore, they now have to take CCD which is on Sunday mornings.  So there won't be many dull moments as we dive right into a jam packed school year!