August and Back 2 Work and School

So its obviously been awhile since I have written. Life has been CRAZY! Well the month of August has been a whirlwind. The first week of August began me going back to work. We had a week of teacher in service. It honestly was boring, but fun. I sat by my 2 besties...Wendy and Rebecca and we laughed and acted like teenage girls the whole time. Well school started on August 8th. So far I am loving school and work. I mean I am tired and its been a balance of how to handle things at home..but all in all I LOVE it. I have 11 little first graders. They are all super sweet and smart. I got 2 new kids this year, but the rest I knew from last year so that made the transition pretty easy. Its been great somewhat co-teaching with my best friend. Kindergarten only has 5 students so we have spent a lot of time together with them. We decided that we could do our social studies/science stuff together. So for the first few weeks of school we focused on "My home, My city, My state, My country, My continent, and My World". We made a cute little project with them the first full week of school. Its been fun just combining with them and hanging out. We also have recess together and our Enrichment times. Needless to say we have a lot of fun at work. Last week before Labor Day weekend we ended the unit with really focusing on NOLA. We had a second line parade and beignets on Friday before carpool! So fun! Anyway its fun to go to work and have someone to laugh with. It makes the work seem so much better. 

On to the kids: Colby is now in 5th grade. This year our school enrollment went really down. So they decided to combine 4th/5th into one class. I think they have 14 or 15 in his class now. Most of them are 5th graders. I think theres only 3 or 4 fourth graders. So far I think he really likes it. I think he likes his teacher too. She's different from his teacher last year, but she still does a lot of hands on learning so that's good. They also still do flexible seating and a lot of centers so that's cool too. And he hasn't had nearly as much homework so that's been nice. 

Lindsay is of course in 1st grade and in my class. So far things are going well there. I mean we got a preview last fall and I knew we could make it work. Had I never gotten that preview though I am not sure I would have ever wanted to teach my own kid's class. Fortunately she and I have a good working relationship. Something Colby and I never had...I think honestly he and I are too much alike. I do notice though that she is getting comfortable with me at times.