Fair warning, this post might come off as a little braggy. But
that’s what happens when you have the best kids in the world. So if that sort
of thing bothers you maybe you should read something else.
The first few weeks of school have gone amazingly well. Lix
and the kids are settling into a morning routine that seems to be working well
enough. Jenna has been really tearing it up in kinder. Every day she comes home
and tells us about the things that she did, and usually about the kids who may
have misbehaved. She reports that some kids get sleepy and lay down when they
are supposed to be paying attention, and others have to be uninvited from an
activity because they weren’t doing what they were supposed to, but that she is
always a good listener and does what the teacher says. She has a special class
every day, which rotates between PE, art, and music, and she loves those. Last
week was pretty special because it was grandparents lunch, and since Alixa’s
mom is playing in Florida we had Jarom’s mom fly in to attend. That meant a
nice lunch at the school on Friday, but it also meant some nice trips with
grandma to various stores to get fun toys and soccer gear. It also meant that
she was able to watch both Bo and Jenna play some soccer, which was lots of fun
for them. Sadly, it was a very short stay in Texas, but we were glad she could
make it.
At the end of the week Jenna brought home a buddy, Ollie
Owl. He’s a stuffed owl that gets to go home with the best listener in class
during the week, and Jenna got to be the first person to take him home. He gets
to spend all weekend with you and you write a journal entry about his
adventures. When Jarom heard about this he asked Jenna to tell him about Ollie.
“Well,” said Jenna, “he needs lots of love and affection. He likes to go places
with you, but you have to be careful and not leave him anywhere because he will
get scared if he is all by himself.” It sounded like she was reading it from a
cue card, and could not have been more hilarious. Jenna is quite the little
nerd. She is very smart and seems to be an excellent student. I think she gets
it from her mother.
Bo also started school and seems to have instantly aged 2
years. It has always been a struggle to get Bo to do things on his own, whether
that means putting on his shoes or buckling his seat belt or helping him eat.
He can do all of those things, but sometimes it seems like he is a little too
comfortable in his role of little brother. But with Jenna gone now Bo is all
big brother. He has been taking great care of Emmy, and on the morning of his
first day of school he was so excited that he put his shoes on and climbed in
the car and buckled himself in. He gets to do science experiments and crafts
and games and has a few good friends in his class and has the greatest teacher
we know. He’s been doing really well.
Soccer has also started for both Jenna and Bo and they had
their first games this weekend. They had both been doing really well in
practice so we were cautiously optimistic that they would have the chance to
score a goal or two. Bo had his game first, and it was early enough that
Grandma got to watch before she caught her flight out of town. He was amazing.
He chased down every ball, played great defense, and scored 4 goals. And he
couldn’t have been happier running around the field chasing that ball. In the
afternoon game Jenna told Jarom that since Bo scored 4 goals she was going to
score 5 to beat him. Jarom just smiled at her. But sure enough, the girl who
didn’t score a goal until halfway through the season last spring lit it up for
5 goals. Way to go little kiddos.
