First Day of School

August 18, 2021

First day of SIXTH GRADE! I can't believe it.

First day of EIGHTH GRADE. I CAN believe that. She acts like an 8th grader. :) Ha!

Lainey had a great first day. Met new people, saw friends, likes her classes. She's already asking to go to Starbucks after school. ;) Walker had a tough first day. His hands hurt from writing, his backpack is too heavy, he didn't know anyone at lunch (they have assigned tables with assigned groups of people...thankfully this predicament changed though and now he knows one person who was in his class in fourth grade), his bus was an HOUR late AND it was really loud...he could go on. And he did. But thankfully, in hindsight, I think most of his issues are bus-related. The buses have been a DISASTER and the wait times out of control...so once that normalizes, I think we'll be okay. He doesn't get home until 4:00 p.m., and that's at least an hour (almost an hour in a half) later than he did last year. So that's hard. Walker likes his downtime between school and activities. :) (Side note: I pick up Lainey at 2:40 p.m. because she has an "athlete's schedule" - Walker doesn't finish school until 3:45 p.m. so he has to ride the bus!) Anyway - I think things will get better. If not, it'll be a great year for building some character. And grit. And perseverance. And adaptability. And flexibility! :) All the fun opportunities that middle school brings. ;) 

Walker is literally in Lainey's profile. :) She loves having him there; I think she wishes she saw him during the day. Their school is HUGE (1, 800 kids!) so they really don't have much of a chance to see one another! They are wearing masks this year - their school district is mandating it. And I'm okay with that. Anyway - good luck babes. We love you both! 

Random - the moon has been so bright the past few nights. It's been beautiful!

And here's our hunter dog. :) She loves ANYTHING that moves - bugs, moths, bees, small mammals, etc. She even brought me part of a snakeskin the other day! Ew!