Tuesday, September 7, 2010

New School Year

Well, here we are in the first full week of September. With Labor Day behind us it's definite that summer days are now over until next year. Annie has transitioned well into second grade. She hasn't had an ounce of homework yet ( I keep telling her I am going to give her teacher a call to give her some). Annie has joined soccer again this fall, this is her third year and she really enjoys it. She is back with the same coach she had in kindergarten and she really likes him. I am curious to see what this year will bring for Annie. My hopes is that she continues to try new things, make new friends and give her best with the challenges of a second grader!

This is Sam's first year on a soccer team. We tried t-bal last year which was a disaster. so far, Sam is much more engaged during soccer than he was t-ball. During his first game he scored two goals and was goalie for a quarter too. He was quite proud of himself! Sam is also loving kindergarten, which is such a change from last year. I am still unsure of why preschool was such a hard year for him, but mostly I am glad that year is behind him and am really enjoying seeing his confidence and skill level blossom. He is reading well and has began to improve on his writing and spelling skills. The biggest change so far is that he has been doing these things on his own, not me trying to sit him down to read or practice writing his letters.
HERE'S TO A GOOD YEAR!