School!

Walter and Jem started school August 8th. Walter started 3rd grade and Jem started kindergarten. I love that they take a bus and that it is so close, about half a block. I can see it from my front yard. The first two weeks the kindergartners had testing so they only went to school one day each week. Jem was not happy on the other days that Walter got to get on the bus and go to school and he didn't. I really like their teachers. I will be volunteering once a week in their classrooms (swtiching weeks). I started last Tuesday in Walter's class. I really enjoyed it. Jem is doing great. I was a little worried that he would have a hard time sitting still and stuff, but he is doing so well. We had an open house a couple of weeks ago and his teacher told me he waits for the appropriate time to chatter away (like lunch and recess). Anyone who knows Jem, knows that he can talk you ear off. I am enjoying spending more one on one time with Rilla and Shirley, especially Rilla who has had so little of my time compared to the other three.