Summer is Officially Over

The girls have started school again. We can no longer go anywhere or do anything except for over school breaks. They started last Thursday. They are very excited about being big First graders. They now are allowed to walk home from the bus stop by themselves, though I am usually "taking a walk" down the street around the same time they get to the stop. They are disappointed that recess is so much shorter for first graders. But I think it is shorter for the whole school. This year there have been many drastic changes made to decrease costs. They have cut all of the art, music and PE for all elementary schools in the district and shortened the school day. It is practically half-day compared to last year. School starts at 7:55 and ends at 1:45. I am very disappointed with the changes and I hope that the voters in our district will wise up and see the problems they have created. Hopefully we will get to vote again and maybe have a shot at changing the budget now that we have seen the consequences.
Mckayla and Lyla are very excited to be back in school and hanging out with their friends again. It is funny that they have gotten the same type of teachers again this year. Last year Mckayla had a very structured class and we got frequent communications from the teacher, her teacher appears to be the same this year. And Lyla's teacher last year, although not the communicative type, was very loving and still a great teacher, though maybe a bit less structured and we were a bit more in the dark. Her teacher this year appears to follow that motif as well. But it really works for their personalities, so I think it is great. It is just funny how that worked out the same again this year. Here's hoping I can keep up again with getting the girls to school on time, and doing homework every night which they have now that they are big first graders.