Things ran smoothly this morning. Caitlin and Jared were up at the first sounds of their alarm clocks. No coaxing! Upon seeing Jared, I realized I forgot to cut his hair. We did a speedy buzz cut and he looks awful cute!! I think Caitlin was somewhat apprehensive and couldn't eat much breakfast. Jared was very excited and couldn't stop grinning. The top two photos above seem to be perfect in declaring their different personalities, don't you think? Caitlin was all about style this year. Her style- not mine. I'm not extremely fond of her shirt and skirt together but, she's a fourth grader and as long as she's modest and the clothes are clean she can wear what she wants.
I didn't get a photo yet of Caitlin with her teacher. With 32 students and all of their parents it was hard enough for me to pull her aside and make sure she knew of Caitlin's history with the "bully". She was aware of it and said something that made me think many parents have requested that the boy NOT be in the same class as their child. Scotty and I came to an agreement that we will not make that request unless the bullying continues. Perhaps with a new teacher, she can learn a new set of skills and learn to NOT be a victim. To learn to be strong and stand up for herself. We would love to see that happen. There will always be mean people in her life (unfortunately) but, we all know that even as adults we have to deal with rude, mean people. So, these are valuable skills she could learn.
I didn't get a photo yet of Caitlin with her teacher. With 32 students and all of their parents it was hard enough for me to pull her aside and make sure she knew of Caitlin's history with the "bully". She was aware of it and said something that made me think many parents have requested that the boy NOT be in the same class as their child. Scotty and I came to an agreement that we will not make that request unless the bullying continues. Perhaps with a new teacher, she can learn a new set of skills and learn to NOT be a victim. To learn to be strong and stand up for herself. We would love to see that happen. There will always be mean people in her life (unfortunately) but, we all know that even as adults we have to deal with rude, mean people. So, these are valuable skills she could learn.
So, now I'm home. First thing, I wanted to post the first day of school photos. Gilbert (our cat) is walking around looking confused. He's poking his head into the kids rooms and searching for them. He seems to be just as stunned that I am alone as I am. LOL!! Of course, I have a ton of housework to do today! (Mondays are the worst- since I sorta don't do hardly any housework on the weekends) Some friends in our ward offered that we can used their paid dumpster they rented. I am excited about this! With the DI trailer at the church and the use of this dumpster (to get rid of unwanted large items here is very expensive) - I have the next two days cut out for me. With the kids at school I hope to take full advantage of the opportunity to purge unnecessary STUFF!
2 comments:
They look so cute! And their poses are perfect!!!
Have fun with all the cleaning!!
Ok, Jared is definately off! Look at hime zoom out the door. The kids look darling.
And, I wish I had a dumpster and a DI truck....that's going to be a lot of fun!
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