school days...

We are fully immersed in school days...our family of 4 is on school going bunch! Hard to believe today ended the fourth week of school...we've been in school one month! Oh my goodness, time is flying by that's for sure!

Wyatt is enjoying kindergarten. He is not fond of drop off and the actual going part, but once he is there is liking it a lot! He has come home telling me stories of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Peter Rabbit, and Jack and the Bean Stalk...they are studying fairy tales and doing some super cute activities with each one...going on a hunt all over the campus for Goldilocks, eating carrots with ranch dip and making a super cute rabbit, and making a giant puppet and counting jelly beans. Wyatt is also learning his phonograms and doing well with his weekly memory verses; it is super fun watching him learn and grow. At first he was not fond of nap time, but lately he has been telling me that he is resting (closing his eyes) in fact twice he has been the "super napper". :) He is learning to navigate recess time and making friends. At Back to School night his teacher said that it takes awhile for the kids to find their friends...and for the first week he had lots of tears because he said "he didn't have friends." Talk about breaking his momma's heart! But, true to his teacher's word he is finding his friends...there is lots of talk about recess, lunch, and the funny moments of 5 year olds. He talks often about his buddies R, T, and J...it's fun to watch him make some friends and enjoy a bit of life on his own. On of the highlights throughout my day is getting a peek at Wy during his recess time...the first week he saw me and just waited by the fence watching me while I supervised high school nutrition, and now slowly he is running and playing and I get the occasional wave from the top of the slide. I love these moments of my job...having Wyatt at school with me is a precious gift that I adore!

Camryn is a full-fledged 2nd grader. During the second week of school we hit a bit of a rough spot, Cam was unhappy she was not liking school, and truthfully I think she was just overwhelmed. She likes school, but I think her body was reaching a max for exhaustion. It was a super hot week days over 100+ which doesn't help Cam at all; plus PE had become a much dreaded event. Yes, that made her daddy sad. :) But, the third week was much better and this week was great! Cam is doing really well with school...she is learning her phonograms, it is a hard program to jump into, but she is doing super well with it. She will begin Early Birds twice a week which is an enrichment program to help her work through the two years of phonograms she has missed by coming in at this point. She is doing well with spelling which has been super exciting for her, she feels a great sense of accomplishment by being able to do well. She also got a 4th grade reading buddy who she will read with once a week...she was super excited because her buddy is the big sister of one of her friends in her class! She comes home daily telling me about science and what she has learned...telling me about her senses and taste buds on her tongue. It is amazing watching her be a little sponge and just soak in all the school she can. Camryn is loving her teacher and enjoys the daily activities of school...yes, even PE now. We worked through some issues there...enlisted the help of her teachers and are gently encouraging her to try to be physically active more and more. It is a hard feat for someone who just began really running this summer in therapy...baby steps is our goal in PE. :) Camryn is making friends too...she has made some super sweet friends in S, S, K, A and daily I feel like I hear another name of someone she played with. But, her one sweet friend S who daily goes to the nurse with Cam to get her medicine is a gift! Camryn gets embarrassed by telling her story and having to go take meds during the day, but S is a great added bonus who daily wants to go with Cam...and it is too cute!

All in all school is a gift...it's hard to believe we are starting a 13 year long process, but it is wonderful. A dream come true really...

So, I will savor the moments of homework, lunch packing, papers to fill out, and just everything in between...The Dynamic Duo are embracing the normalcy of life and we love it!!!