One Down, Thirty-Five to Go

First Day of Kindergarten

What's up, Fanbase.

With the first week of the school year behind us, I feel like we finally have ourselves a chance to catch our breath somewhat.  These last five days have been a whirlwind.

So far, Yours Truly hasn't had too bad of a time at school.  Honestly, once the ball gets rolling, teaching two classes (Ancient History, Media Productions and Design) isn't too bad. . . but prepping those first couple weeks - for two classes at the same time - is a total pain in the ass, folks.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  I despise back-to-school planning with a passion.

Anyway, school aside, this week was pretty boring (not teaching anything but rules and procedures, which is just as boring for teachers as it is for students), but now we've got ourselves a weekend afoot.  Not much has happened outside of work lately - once we all get back to the house, we're all too tired to do anything worthy of talking about.  It's been like that all month, really.

Here's a few pics from around this week, though - just to be nice.

Alayna flashes her new Hello Kitty lunchbox on her first day of school.

Abby discusses the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria with her congressman. . .

Alayna's Classroom

We were a little nervous about Alayna not being prepared for Kindergarten - that first week of school can be hard on a five-year-old.  Then we saw what she was supposed to master by the end of the first nine weeks (most of which she can already do), and we felt a hell of a lot better.  Not surprisingly, she was quickly placed among the top students in her class.

Cupcakes (mine's on the left, Abby's on the right)

At the Optometrist's office for our annual vision test/contact replacements.  Why we decided to schedule it so we both had appointments on the same day, thereby requiring to bring our kids into the optometrist's office, I don't know. . . 

Strolling out of John Young Elementary - Alayna's been a big fan of her school so far. 

Remember when I was talking about how we had to push Alayna's calorie count up to 1200 a day?  Yeah, that's been a total blast.   I had to take her to the Florida Hospital of Kissimmee (where Abby was forced to get staples nearly a year earlier) for a Bone Age Reading.  As it turns out, Alayna's bones are those of a four-year-old, so we have to keep up the high-calorie diet and get another reading in six months, by which time it should level out.  We'll see.

Kris?  TEXTING?!

Seriously.

This week I've been picking Alayna up from school (that'll change next week when Kris gets out earlier).   Just so you know, it was not raining.  Not even close.

At Chic Fil-A, getting a reward ice cream for a week's worth of 'green smiley faces' in her planner from her teacher (which I guess means she's been behaving herself at school.)

- Brian