Tuesday

Tuesday was back to school night.  Seth's teacher had a fun photo booth set up for the kids. Jer is coaching Seth's soccer team this year.  Seth is pretty excited for that.  He said, "Dad you've never been my coach before!" Evelyn is signed up for the Ballet 2 class again like last year.  They want to make sure that with her skewed feet she doesn't cause any injuries to herself by trying to go to Ballet 3 too soon.  She's sad that she has to leave her friends that are all advancing, but I think it's wise.  She did get into the advanced acrobatics class though.  That's the one that she really enjoys out of the two anyways.  She's been trying to convince Seth to join acrobatics.  They both miss the fact that they wouldn't be in the same class if he did join.

Ada is officially an 8th grader.  You can tell that she's feeling grown up and not afraid of anything at this point.  She's been getting up early to read her scriptures and run with Dad in the mornings.  She loves to draw, is excited that they get to write in her English class this year, loves choir, and somehow ended up in an intermediate math class instead of an advanced one like they had said at the end of last year. She also somehow ended up in the concert choir instead of Bella Voce like her choir teacher had said last year.  Apparently the new choir teacher and her new school counsellor misplaced all of the note on Ada this year.  I asked Ada to meet with them today and we'll see what schedule she ends up with.  She's getting into some fun piano music too.  I was impressed to see her challenge herself on so many levels. She's signed up for her first Coed soccer team.  So far she's the only girl on the team, but she says she doesn't mind.  I'll be there cheering for her.

Sam I think is getting the hang of 7th grade.  He was pretty anxious, but I'm proud that both he and Ada have agreed to wear masks at school and that he is slowly finding fun things.  He likes his drama class and band.  He's going to be learning how to play the flute and is pretty stoked.  I love how excited he gets over learning new things.  He told me, "Mom, they would let me practice before school or during lunch in the band room!"  I'm crossing my fingers that he can start seeing some of his friends as closer friends so that he chooses to spend time with them as well.  Sam has a great soccer coach this year too. I'm hoping that will help him get out of the funk he's in.  (Since he split his heel open, he's been hesitant about physical things). He's a good and sweet guy.  I love seeing him grow, I hate seeing his anxiety over that growth when I know that he'll be just fine.... maybe that's just part of being on the other side of it alread?