First Bus and Back to School Party!
Well, Zachary rode the bus for the first time today! 😐 Today was his first full day of school and he was pretty nervous! He went with Kirstyn, however, and she took GREAT care of him and made sure he got to where he needed to go!
It was very funny however… When he came home after a great day of school, he told us that he had two breakfasts today! One at home, and one at school. It turns out that they asked him (we’re still not sure why they would ask a kindergartner about that) if he wanted to eat breakfast and he said SURE! So he ate! 🙂 We’re not signed up to eat breakfasts and he is not on the free breakfast program. Kirstyn was mortified when she found out about this and we all had a great laugh. We told Zachary that he wasn’t to eat breakfast at the school anymore.
Sarah had a back-to-school party tonight and had 21 of her friends over to the house! We were very nervous about the setup because it looked like it was going to rain all day. They all ate grilled burgers and hot dogs, chips, pop, and all kinds of other stuff. They hung out in the back yard and had a great time talking about their summers and what they had done. They then played musical chairs out in the back yard for awhile and then introduced themselves to each other. It was a wonderful party! We had representation from all 3 of the high schools in our district and everyone got to know one another.
After the food and games were done, we crossed our fingers, prayed, and hoped it would not rain. We set up a theater in the back yard and watched a movie out there on the big screen! They munched on chips and salsa, candy, popcorn, cookies, and brownies and had a great time!
With about 20 minutes to go in the movie, it started to rain, so we hurried and packed everything up and took the movie inside. They finished watching it in the basement. They then played ping pong and played on the Wii. They had a great time. The party finished up at about 11 and everyone went home. Overall, a great time was had by all and Sarah really enjoyed getting back together with her friends.
Sarah was the first off this morning! She doesn’t start seminary until Monday, so she took the bus today. 6:41am pickup! It was a historic day for her and the rest of the students as this was opening day for Metea Valley High School! They had an assembly with all the kids, had a ribbon-cutting ceremonly, and Sarah got to play the fight song with the marching band to celebrate the occasion. As far as the school day went, she really likes all her teachers so that is a positive thing! 🙂 Not much homework other than coming home and picking out a Spanish name starting with “S” to be called for the rest of the year. She picked out the name “Sata” which means “princess.” She liked that name because her name means princess in Hebrew as well. No break for marching band practice as she had to do that after school until about 5:30 or so.
While Sarah was gone, Angela and I went on a long walk (actually I joined Angela at the end of her run) around the Waubonsie lake. I did about 3 miles with her after she had already run over 3. It was a very cool morning and it felt GREAT to be outside. We then went home and made some AWESOME crepes for breakfast. I made the crepes and Angela made a WONDERFUL cream cheese, sour cream, lime yogurt, and fresh squeezed lime filling that was to die for. We topped that with fresh-picked blueberries and powdered sugar. We probably ate too many of them!
WOW! It’s hard to believe that Zach is now done with pre-school and will start next year Full-Day Kindergarten! He has LOVED pre-school and his teachers have been GREAT! We are so thankful to them for how much they have done with him! He went to the Zoo with the class this year and loved every minute of it! His personal helper, Rachel Bostick (with Zach below) really made him happy!
Kirstyn participated in the 4th Grade State Fair at Gombert Elementary last night. She sang in a chorus, and had a speaking part on the program, part of which was leading the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. After the program, we went into the library where they had all the kids state floats set up. They make these out of shoe boxes and each child is assigned a state. Kirstyn’s state was Idaho. Her float turned out VERY cool! She even had a picture of her mom on it along with Philo T. Farnsworth, Gutzon Borglum, and other famous Idahoans. Way to go Kirstyn! Still Middle School fiddle group also played as part of the program but Brittany was sick and couldn’t make it. We would have loved to see her play!
Brittany finished up her track season with Still Middle School yesterday and they did extremely well! Brittany was not feeling well at all (sore throat, headache and chills) and the poor thing ran her heart out in the 800 Meter Relay (where she ran the 400 meter leg). Although her team came in last, Brittany gave it her all and didn’t quit, even though she was sick. She fared better in the triple jump, however, reaching her personal best of 22 feet, 8 1/2 inches. She was very happy with this! 🙂
Brittany shocked us all and made us proud today at her track meet as she secured a commanding win in her heat of the 200 meters! She came around the turn strong and never looked back! Her time of 33.59 was the 2nd fastest girls 7th grade time in the entire meet! Congratulations to Brittany! She also ran the 400 meters and had a personal best as well. She also tried out the triple jump and didn’t like that too much! Looks like Brittany found her event! She’ll probably be named to the 4 x 200 meter relay team for the next meet. We’ll wait and see!