first day of school

The kids have been in school for three weeks now - so it's about time for me to post their first day of school pictures.

Reggie is in second grade!  I was very happy when I found out he would have the same teacher Lydia had for the last two years.  I know she won't let him slack off and will tell me if he's being a knucklehead (Reggie is never a knucklehead at school)!  He landed in the same class as one of his best friends and also one of our friends from church.  His year is off to a great start!

Can you tell it was a little cold on our first day back to school?  Lydia is in third grade.  I was very happy to find out that she did not get the same teacher Brett had last year!  She also landed in a class with two of her very good friends.  Lydia was officially placed in the SAIL program.  I don't even remember what that stands for, but most of us would call it the gifted program.  We are very proud of her!  I like how she chose a very empowering outfit for her first day.

Brett is in fourth grade this year!  Brett has a cool binder instead of a backpack because we are doing shared-time this year.  He spends a couple hours a day at school and the rest of the day he spends learning at home.  Since I am his primary teacher, I guess I better say I'm very happy with the teacher he got this year!  If you are interested in learning more about our choice to do shared-time education, I am journaling about our experience on another site.  I'm being careful to keep it anonymous, so contact me outside of this blog if you want the web address.