1st week of school

This was a very exciting and busy week for Dawn and Spencer.  They started school the day after labor day, just like 99% of public school age population here in Minnesota.  If you don't know, here in Minnesota - school districts have to ask permission to start the school before labor day, if September 1st occurs before.

Dawn loved the fact that she is entering her 2nd year of middle school, and this year kicked off with her being a student leader.  She loved being able to mentor and help out in coming 6th graders and new students.  The new students and Student Leaders all had 1 day of school without any of the other students, and then the other students came to school the next day. Dawn missed one day of school, due to a gluten attack. She is starting to get more and more of these, so we'll be investigating that with the doctor.

Spencer entered into the 5th grade and is all excited that he's "top dog" in his elementary school. He loves being the oldest. :)  I'm very thankful that Spencer has the teacher that he has. It was the same teacher that Dawn had for 2 grades while she was in elementary. He's a terrific teacher. Spencer so far has been very excited about going to school.  We're still having issues with clothing, and shoes due to his sensory issues. I'm coming to the realization this may never, ever change. We as a family need to be okay with that.

Cyril starts preschool on Monday. He is so excited, he's been asking every day since Dawn & Spencer started when it's his turn. We had his open house on Thursday night. He wasn't shy at all, I was pleasantly surprised. He didn't even want to leave the classroom. So even though it's on two different days then I had planned, Cyril is showing me that he's more then ready to start.  Makes me really sad, but I'm glad that he's going to a christian preschool. It will help get the roots of our faith down a little better. Knowing what I know now, I would have put the older two in it as well, since it really is only 5.00 more a month for us compared to public preschool. 

God Bless