Swim lessons are over. Elijah will start in level 4 next year. We've been going through some crazy times trying to figure out whether or not we are going to move or stay in our current place for the next year. We found a house but decided against it after our application went through. Yesterday Maxwell and I enjoyed our first day just the two of us. He even cleaned up of his own initiative and kept going until it was done.
Elijah and Xander started school yesterday. They are gone from 7:15 until 3:00 PM every weekday except Wednesday when they have a half day. They have been so excited and hyper about school they have had a hard time going to sleep the last two nights. Xander has the same teacher as Elijah did last year. Xander is also blessed with a student teacher for the first semester and a teacher aid the whole year through. Elijah is in a cooperative classroom environment. His teacher is Ms. Denton, but they also do large group instruction with another class, Ms. Critchett's. He will benefit from small group work, individual attention and large group instruction. The two classrooms are divided by a room divider which is open much of the time. Elijah has over 10 friends in his class from last year and even a friend from church that just started at Colina. He is a really lucky boy. At Meet the Teacher night, he was approached by a teacher that just moved down to the first grade that was really hoping Elijah was going to be in her class. It is great to have boys that teachers are excited about and enjoy being around.
We feel putting Xander in Kindergarten early was the best thing for him now. Their first homework consisted of filling up a "Get to know you" bag. One of the items was- Something that is important to you. Xander answered school immediately and drew a picture of a school to put in his bag. Jared and I spent a lot of time explaining to Xander that he would be the youngest and possibly the smallest in his class. All kids age five before August 31st are a part of open enrollment. Xander, with his birthday on December 11th, makes the exception enrollment by a mere two weeks. Based on his size and age, the school was planning on definitely not letting him in. When the teachers sat down with him for his evaluation they were amazed by his maturity and capacity. Although there are kids well over a year older than Xander in his class and twice his size there are also kids that are small like Xander.
Potty training Maxwell is moving right along. Yesterday he had zero accidents and initiated using the restroom every time. Hopefully we will have a second car by January and will be able to enroll him in preschool.
That's all for now. Happy Day! Delight in life!