Life goes on!

This is a photo of Lynette during her "Jumpstart for Arts" program that the City of Plano puts on every year.


Well, we have survived one week of school and seminary and are into the next! Elaine is adjusting to public school, but it is hard for her to wake up for seminary and keep going all day. She doesn't get home until 5:00, and then two times a week, she has ballet soon after. Last week, she didn't go to one ballet class because she was too tired and had too much homework. I hope she gets used to it soon—ballet class is too expensive to miss all the time!

If I had to guess, I'd say her favorite classes are ASL and art, and her least favorite is Algebra! She is also taking a drill team class that will fulfill her PE requirements, but she doesn't want to audition for Drill Team. She did go to the first football game of the season and had a great time.

Lynette and Rachel sort of started school last week. I was sick with the flu all week, so I didn't do a lot of active teaching, but I did have Lynette's all planned out, so she was able to do most of it on her own. Rachel and I started yesterday. She is anxious to learn this year, however, she still has a very short attention span. We were reading some history stories yesterday, and she kept asking me if there wasn't an activity to do instead of read! :-)

James' schedule is rather long this semester. He goes straight from seminary to the train station in order to get to his 8:00 class, and he doesn't get home until about 5:00. He seems to be enjoying his classes, for the most part. He really likes his calculus teacher.

It seems strange to me to only have two kids home all day. And my built-in babysitter is gone now, so I am back to taking them with me if I have to go somewhere! Technically, I could leave Lynette home, but she doesn't like to be left.