Well, we got through it! We did it and it seemed long and a bit exhausting, but we did it. Our family survived the first day of school here in Norman.
Monday night was the open house to the elementary school that Leah will be attending. Leah was very nervous about attending a new school. She has only known Melba. That little girl was born there, so this has to be super overwhelming for her. Like I had noted in the last post, Leah has been having an upset stomach, and I tend to believe that it is because she is emotionally upset. My step-mom once told me a story about a student she once had that would get a stomach ache and she finally realized that it was brought on emotionally. I think Leah has been making herself sick, but going to the open house helped a lot! Leah has a very sweet teacher. We enjoyed touring the classroom and noticing all the little details. She found that she will be sitting in groups like she did in kindergarten, and the room was so bright and clean and colorful. We found some of the books in the room that Leah enjoys reading. It truly was a fantastic experience. So fantastic in fact, I decided to volunteer to help Leah's teacher a bit through out the school year. That was the best part for Leah. By that simple action, Leah knew that I had her back and that I was in this adventure with her.
Tuesday Brody had the opportunity to go to a half day of school with all of the other sixth graders, since they were all new to the middle school. It was great. Brody received his schedule then and got a great tour around campus. He was able to find his locker and practice opening it and then he was able to go to each of his classes and meet his teachers for about 10 minutes each. I think that eased his mind sooooo much! Brody was elated to find that the buddy he had made at church (Isak) was going to be in a few of his classes.
Tuesday night was the middle school open house. The time had been bumped up earlier than we had seen on the school website, so we were a bit late, and Caleb was about to freak out on us. He certainly did not like that he had no schedule and that he did not know the campus or where all of his classes were. Luckily his mom and dad love him so much that we were able to assist him in those areas. We walked all around the school taking him from room to room so that he would recognize where he was when he walked into the right or wrong room. Caleb has some great teachers. Caleb though has a tendency to be a bit reserved, so it will be interesting to see how his teachers perceive him throughout the year. He was happy to see that his football coach will also be his PE teacher.
SO today was the first official day. Each of them made it to school on time. Each of them didn't have any huge or horrible times. All in all I would say that the day was a success. They all seemed pretty happy with how their day ended. Leah loved her class and teacher. She is not the only move-in in her class. In fact, almost half of her class is new to this elementary, so she is among friends. She also told me about a friend that she made named Violet, who has red hair, and is "very sweet". Brody rode the bus home. His mother was a nervous fit when he walked in over an hour after school got out. (I have always enjoyed taking my kids to and from school myself, giving this up is a big sacrifice for me.) Brody said that it was fine. He is very excited to take band and to learn how to play the tuba. Caleb told us that the best part of his day was going to football practice. He was amazed at the lunch selection, and was appalled at the language of fellow classmates. His favorite teacher so far is his homeroom teacher, who is also the Art teacher. Doug told him he must have good taste.
Because I knew that today was going to be trying to all of these cute kiddos, I chose to try to have a comfort food for dinner tonight. The never fail pigs in a blanket along with a side of roasted veggies. We then invited the Fisher family over to eat brownies and ice cream with us. It was fantastic.
I think the best part was ending the day with a little Duck Dynasty. I love that our family has a haven here in our home. This is a place where we all want to be, where we know that we can relax and unload. Heaven on Earth.
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