Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Labor Day weekend
We had a very nice, low-key weekend. The weather was warm enough to go to the pool a couple of times –but the water was definitely cooler. We did our driveway movie setup both Saturday and Sunday night (Herbie Fully Loaded on Saturday, Iron Giant on Sunday). We had pretty modest crowds due to the travel weekend, but enough people there to make it fun. Anna’s dollhouse got a little more attention. I’m finishing off the roof and adding a chimney (Anna wants it to be blue).
I even found some time to squeeze in an afternoon nap after trimming the hedges and mowing the lawn. So success all around.
Last week we had an open house at Pierce's school. His teacher is very new to the area but seems to like it. After a rough couple of days, Pierce figured out the ground rules of 1st grade and has been doing well. It took him awhile to figure out that he shouldn't talk without raising his hand and needed to stay at his desk unless he had permission to get up. His teacher is interested in moving him into some accelerated programs (based on his obvious brilliance ;) She's already having him write his own stories rather than copy text of the board.
Anna started school on Friday. She's attending full days this year, but the first day was a short one (though she stayed for lunch). Anna was very excited to be going back -she's been asking when her school starts ever since Pierce started going a couple of weeks ago. I think she likes being one of the "senior" kids and has picked up the routine as if she had never gone on summer break. It sounds like Pierce is a little jealous that he's not seeing some of the same friends that she's going to school with.
-Eric (Dad)
I even found some time to squeeze in an afternoon nap after trimming the hedges and mowing the lawn. So success all around.
Last week we had an open house at Pierce's school. His teacher is very new to the area but seems to like it. After a rough couple of days, Pierce figured out the ground rules of 1st grade and has been doing well. It took him awhile to figure out that he shouldn't talk without raising his hand and needed to stay at his desk unless he had permission to get up. His teacher is interested in moving him into some accelerated programs (based on his obvious brilliance ;) She's already having him write his own stories rather than copy text of the board.
Anna started school on Friday. She's attending full days this year, but the first day was a short one (though she stayed for lunch). Anna was very excited to be going back -she's been asking when her school starts ever since Pierce started going a couple of weeks ago. I think she likes being one of the "senior" kids and has picked up the routine as if she had never gone on summer break. It sounds like Pierce is a little jealous that he's not seeing some of the same friends that she's going to school with.
-Eric (Dad)
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