2nd Grade Christmas Party

The second grade collected toys for CASA and took them to Jerry’s Chevrolet.  They sang Christmas carols and had cookies and hot chocolate.  Then they came back to the school to have their party.

We had a good time.  I think we are all ready for the break.

 

The boys with their teacher, Mrs. Westmoreland.  We really like her, a lot.  I cannot say enough about how much I really like her.  Keep in mind, when we left Beck, the boys had teachers that we specifically placed.  So, Hagen had his teacher from Kindergarten that had moved to 2nd.  He had a teacher that knew him, knew him very well. 

Mason had a teacher that he had build a relationship with over the course of first grade.  Some crazy bond that they created and she personally picked him.  She wanted him in her class and made sure he was in there… and he was.  He loved her.  Yes, I ripped him away from that.  Mom guilt.  But, I have met Mrs. West four times now and each time, I can’t speak enough about how much I like her.  I think for a transition year for them, she is great.  Perfect. 

So, how are the boys adjusting?  It is hard.  Harder than I thought.  I tried to use Jeremy’s analogy of the Band-Aid.  We ripped it off and it hurt, but I was ready for it to heal.  Is it healed, nope.  It still hurts.  The boys still miss their friends.  We miss our friends.  We miss knowing everyone.  We miss going to the school party and knowing everyone.  Hey, I miss going to the boys’ school and the school secretary knows not only me but each of my kids’ names.  It’s hard.  It’s harder than I thought. 

Here are the boys with a few kids from the party.

We are adjusting.  We are settling in.  It is taking time.  Some days are great, others are hard.  Would we do it again?  Yes.  Without a doubt, we see the big picture.  We see what we did and why.  It’s just hard getting 7 year olds to see the big picture, too.  Thanks for your prayers as we continue to adjust. 

Hope’s Landing

We went to Arkansas for our annual Christmas Trip.  While there, Grammy took us to a place that helps children with disabilities.  They use horses for some of their therapies.  We were able to meet some of the horses.

 

We also met Santa.

Polar Express Field Trip

The boys did the Polar Express Train Ride into the Stockyards.  Funny enough, the boys did this exact field trip in 1st grade, but it was in Grapevine (same train, Santa, etc.).  But, they still had fun.

Their teacher sent pictures from the trip.

Sweet boys!

 

Perk of the Job

During finals week, I have conferences set up with my students.  Mason ran a fever one night and I think he was fine, but we worried about letting him to to school and getting sick there.  So, I took him to school with me.  While I was conferencing, he went to the computer lab room connected to my office.  I think he had way more fun doing this than being at school. 

Oh well, a perk of my job being able to spend the day with this sweet boy instead of having to take the day off or send him to school.