Back to School!

Mer and Will had a great first week back to school, I think. Reality will set in when they have to go for five full days next week! Just ask ME who has been back for nearly three weeks. Next year we will all be on the same school calendar, at least I hope so.

Meredith has a teacher who is new to the building, he is young and male. I think that it is going to be a great year. How could it NOT be when you have the elementary school version of a rock star as a teacher!?? (translation: male teacher at the elementary level = rock star)

Thoughts about school from Mer? So far she doesn't have much to say but I do notice that she is taking great care in what she wears to school each day. (Sorry Mer, Mr. S. is too old for you.)
I can't help bursting in song, "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" Answer: I sure hope so.

Will was exhausted last night. He could barely stay awake at the high school football game of all places. His reports about first grade? The bathroom was flooded, Peter and Blake got into a fight, then lied about it and Gillian (his favorite gal pal) from kindergarten met a new girl in their class who has brownish-red hair (Will's details) that "Gal Pal" thinks she wants to be friends with, but they don't know what her name is yet. Note to teacher and self: Perhaps Will shouldn't be sitting next to Gal Pal in class? What kind of conversation was Will having with Gal Pal, "Hey, Gal Pal, what kid do you want to be friends with? The girl with the black hair or the boy with the yellow hair?" Gal Pal to Will, "No, Will, I think I want to be friends with the girl with the brownish-red hair."

Oh! And he has student teacher in his classroom, Ms. H. but . . . he has no idea of what her first name is. Hmm . . . I hope he doesn't think that if he knows her first name he can call her by her first name. OR perhaps he will call her tall, way too skinny, young and cute student teacher with the yellow hair? (Bad, bad MOM)