2nd and 3rd

 How sad that I'm finally getting around to posting my kids' first day of school pictures. They've been in school for 2 months now. It was a pretty rough week before school started (Bryson tends to have anxiety about unknown things. He was up all night every night for at least a week prior to school).  Fortunately the day we found out their teachers we walked over to school to find their classrooms and Bryson's teacher just happened to be in the classroom. At the end of last year everyone was saying that this is the teacher you want for a 3rd grade boy. Yay!! We got him! Bryson was so excited and he was put to much ease after meeting him. Brynn also got a male teacher and was a little apprehensive at first but she really likes him. Both their teachers have incorporated much more outdoor activity than in the past. The kids often come home hot and sweaty with bright red faces. I love it!

I have finally been able to get into their classrooms and I've really enjoyed seeing how their classrooms are run. Bryson's teacher is much more organized (it seems) and he has lots of visuals and charts and stuff on the walls. I walked in to Brynn's class the first day and there wasn't one thing on the walls. I was worried. My girl needs some bling in her classroom. The two teachers are very different in style (I can tell Brynn's teacher has kind of a short patience rope). But the kids are doing really well in school and we are back to where we were living in Reno - the kids LOVE going to school again. That was my main concern since we moved here. So I'm not real worried about how the kids do with homework or testing or any of that sort of thing. As long as they enjoy school and they love learning than the rest will fall into place.

I do really like their teachers too. They are putting a lot of responsibility on the kids and I, for one, really appreciate that. When I was in B's class last week they were meeting some elderly men who had donated dictionaries to each of the kids. His teacher had them practicing their handshakes and their introductions all week so that they would be polite and courteous to these men. I thought that was really cool. There's a book called 'Drop in Your Bucket' and I guess its about building other people up. So each classroom has a bucket and little pieces of paper in the shape of a drop. The kids can write a note to other class members and fill their buckets with compliments. In the few times that I've been in the classrooms I've seen the kids often writing notes to their peers. Tanner and I feel very blessed that our kids have been blessed with such wonderful teachers here and that they both are excelling in school and that they have such a desire to learn and do well in school. I think this is going to be a fabulous year!

I don't have a picture of Hudson starting school again but after the second day he got in the car and let out a big sigh "I am sooooooo glad to be back in school!"

Me too.