Kaylyn and Christian both love Powell elementary school. Homework, too. We haven’t told them that kids aren’t supposed to love homework, and so far they are none the wiser. Kaylyn had told us over the summer that she missed school and wanted to go back. So getting into the groove was no problem for her. First grade is definitely a step up, with actual tests and more intense homework and reading assignments, but so far she is still loving it.
One might think Christian may have a more difficult time, since he’s a fresh kindergartner, but he’s been prepped by his sister and by pre-school, so he hit the ground running. (See photo for an eager first day Christian.)
Only problem we’ve had was him burning his finger the first day of school. Apparently a slice of pizza was calling his name but the cafeteria steamer didn’t want to give it to him. He got a steam burn on his left forefinger. Pretty bad burn, too – took a few weeks for the finger to completely heal. But he was a trooper. Always is when it comes to pain. He handled that situation and is now sailing along with his class.
September 22, 2008 at 10:52 pm |
It’s so odd to think about your kids just being a grade apart – I was talking to Dad this weekend, and it seemed odd to say Kaylyn was in 1st grade and Christian was in k-garten. On a different note, Christian should pass some of his stoicism about pain along to Madeleine! She scraped her knees tonight on a walk after dinner and it was screaming and crying for basically the rest of the night! Zachary fell about 4 times on our walk, but he frowns, gets up and rubs his knees a couple of times and moves on. If you ask him if it hurts, he says “yes.” But if you ask him if he wants a kiss, he says “no.”