After the second week of school they have seemed to get the hang of the routine. Julia is really working on learning to read and is enjoying counting sidewalks on our way to school. We noticed that she spelling things backwards and flipped so she may have inherited my dyslexia; Dann said, "We don't know maybe she lives in Mirror Land.", pretty funny. I'm not worried about it because it's an easy thing to work with and overcome with a little extra help. Julia really likes her class and has stories to tell about her friends and getting "bottle nose bucks" (the school's reward system). The school also gives the kids the option to run laps around the track at recess and have a reward system set up for that too. So the girls have been running a few laps around the track every day.
Sarah is enjoying the bottle nose bucks as well; her class is a bit rowdy and they get reprimanded as a class so she gets a bit frustrated that she's getting in trouble even though she's being good. She's getting used to the idea that the teachers are doing that so that the kids will start working together to learn. Sarah had her first spelling test today and got 9 out of a 10 correct, that was a call for double high fives. So proud of that girl! She's been working very hard all week, has seemed really tired so she was really excited for the weekend as we all are, everybody's working for the weekend and TGIF!
One last thing; one of the best bagel shops is right next to the school so once in a while we'll stop for a pastry and it's da bomb!
