New School Year
We are fully into the school year now. The kids like their teachers and I'm especially impressed with each of their teachers as well. Jared (6th grade) has a male teacher which is a first for us. I thought it was fun that Jared's classroom is the only one I've noticed that has curtains--BYU Cougar curtains! Amanda and Megan (4th) are in the same class again which is nice. Ethan (1st) has two teachers and two classrooms. One for the morning and then one for the afternoon. Joshua is loving the little preschool he does with three neighbor children. I along with the other three moms take turns teaching the preschool. Joshua likes it best when preschool is at our house.
Ethan had a grandparents program three weeks into the school year. That seemed fast to me. Since none of his grandma and grandpas live close, I went. Ethan didn't seem to mind and the program was cute.
Jared is on the student council. Before voting for officers, each member of the student council had to make posters and give a one minute speech/presentation to the student body. Jared had a theme of being "Graham Cracker Man." He seemed pretty comfortable presenting. Even though Jared was not elected as an officer (which he really wasn't disappointed about), he enjoys serving as a member of the student council.
Jared's class also did a play as they studied the "Odyssey." Jared had the part of Odysseus. Jared didn't say much about the play beforehand. In fact, the morning of the play he casually mentioned the play was that afternoon! Todd and I were quite impressed. He seemed so at ease, spoke so he could be understood and got into his part. We wondered what happened to our reserved Jared! 
