I knew this was coming, but we are officially out of Elementary School. I loved ours, so it's bittersweet, but Seth is doing spectacularly in Jr High. He's wasted no time meeting new people and learning jr high level homework skills. He's met a friend, Jace, that is in 6 of his 8 classes that turns out to be in our stake. That was a fun connection. He's made it into the ALL english, math, science and History classes. He also has percussion, pottery, stage craft and an exercise class.
Evelyn joined Sam in High School. We drove up to the school and she said, "Woah, that's giant!" Sam was sweet and showed her around the school while I stood in line to pay fees. She's not enjoying her AP Euro homework, but she loves her spanish class and has been invited to be in the special needs seminary class as one of the peer tutors. She loves orchestra and loves the school library more than anything else.
My senior is stepping up in a big way. He's taken over a lot of the after school shuttling for Evelyn and Seth. He's taking the ACT again in a week to see if he can get a couple points higher. He's taking Japanese, baking, cooking, AP music, music composition, Jazz band, Wind symphony, Seminary and an online Biology class at the college. He can't quite believe that it's his last year, but I'm proud of the man he's becoming and I'm cherishing every flute practice, every "Hey mom", every hug and knowing that he's going to be a man soon.
