Adjusting

So Alexis is doing much better on school mornings. I was worried (and expected) that she would have a set back on Monday morning, but she was no worse off than she was last Friday morning...phew!!! This morning she was fine...a little grumpy because she stayed awake a little too late reading last night...but not nervous at all! Hallelujah! Thanks for all the prayers and support in the beginning week...I know it did the job. This week they are having a 'normal' week at school. They are doing all the things they will normally do throughout the year. If I hadn't mentioned it, she is in the MAP (multi-age placement) class this year. There are two of these classes at Sycamore and they contain both 3rd and 4th graders. Alexis happens to be one of three kids from our neighborhood in her class. But the two teachers split science, math, writing, and social science. Last night was her first night with math homework. The kids do some subjects with just 3rd graders and some they join the 4th graders. I wonder if it will get more 'specialized' once they are into the year some and know the separate abilities of each student. I guess we'll see. I have no idea what we are going to do about conferences this year...they are either in the afternoon from 1pm to 4pm or in the morning from 8 am to noon, I believe. Of course Ryan would prefer one of the early morning time slots, but what in the world will we do with the girls on that morning??? Something to ponder...conferences are not until the week after fall break, so I have some time to figure it out.

Kaylee is adjusting to being the only kid in the house. She was really wild in the evenings last week...not wild as in rotten or misbehaving...just loud and FULL of energy! So, I'm trying to do a better job of playing with her this week. I think once her school starts up after Labor day, that we won't have a problem any more (not that I see this as a problem though). Yesterday we went shopping. I bought her some beginning reading books called BOB books. By the end of the day, she read (all by herself mind you) 5 1/2 of the 12 books!!!! So, we'll probably work on those some more today. She also had been earning some money recently and I told her she could spend some of it. She got so excited when she went to put her money from her bank into her wallet because she found $6 in her wallet that she had forgotten about. It was really funny to hear her giggle and squeal about having $11 to spend. Of course she spent it on a couple of Bakugan. She loves those things! She and I are having fun together!

The girls were both very well behaved this weekend at Cousin Sean's wedding. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful family! It was a beautiful wedding and a really good time. We can't wait to see the whole family again for the upcoming holidays.