And just like that we are back in school!!! The kids were excited this morning when I woke them up and ready to head back to their classes!
Last night, when we tucked Ashlyn in bed she said, "I'm so excited I could scream!" She tossed back and forth until she finally fell asleep. She couldn't wait to go back to school. Hadassah and Matthew didn't show that much excitement but I know they are ready to get back to school stuff too.
Ashlyn lost her front tooth on Sunday morning.
Matthew is growing right before our eyes. All of his school pants from last year do not fit him anymore. He's grown inches since the beginning of summer and eats two loaded burgers now in one meal. He is excited to join the Upper School at Houston Run this year. It's a good change and he's ready for it. He loaded up his luggage and is looking forward to spending the next few days at Black Rock Retreat with the Upper Class.
Ashlyn is so excited to go back to school. I can't believe she's entering second grade but she's ready! She was so happy to see her friends again and get to meet her new teacher, Mrs. Garber. She was still so excited that she couldn't eat breakfast.
He is really going to miss his siblings while they are in school.
And as we waited for Hadassah to whip up her breakfast smoothie, the cat kept jumping in the tree.
Hadassah is full of confidence that her Junior Year is going to be a good one! She drove us to school and is anticipating her drivers license test soon! Houston Run felt like home again as the high school returned there and she is so happy to be back in this nice building!!!
Hadassah and Matthew are in the same school building now. Upper School joined with the high school students this year and it's going to be fun watching them all interact and learn! Matthew is now off to Black Rock with grades 7 & 8. I also cannot believe that he's in eighth grade this year!!! He's growing up into a young man!!!
Then I got behind the wheel and went a hop, skip and a jump over to Main Campus at Linville! It feels so good to have the high school back in town and not so far away!!! Ashlyn walked into school with her little brother right by her side!!!
She couldn't wait to see Dr. Hurst (sticky tack) again!!! And look her greeted her right at the front door!!! How sweet!
I walked with her to her class and she was all smiles!!!
Austin and I walked out of school together and even though none of us cried, I can't get over the fact that it's again just him and I at home again now. Austin loves when his siblings are home and I hope the change will go well!!! He can't wait to go to school himself!
There was only a half day today. It's a good, fun start! When I picked Ashlyn up at Main Campus, she hopped in the Yukon and her first words were, before I even got to ask her, "It was awesome!!!" She enjoyed her first day of second grade very much!!!
I'm excited to see the kids get back into their studies and back to normal routine!!! I just wasn't feeling ready quite yet but after going with Matthew yesterday to his orientation, it felt so good to see school family, the awesome Linville Hill Staff and friends once again. I knew the kids would feel the same way this morning!!!
We are incredibly blessed to be able to send our children to a Christian school where they get to pray and sing and worship Jesus together every single day in their classrooms. So much evil is in our world today and so to have this impact on their lives is a huge benefit when it comes to raising warriors to fight against good and evil!!! We teach our children about God and how Jesus died on the cross to save us all from our sins right here in our home but it just feels so good to know that they also are being taught in their schools about the love of God and taught tools on how to fight and win every day battles!!!
We are off to a great school start!!!
