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Time to start the school schedule again!

It seems like I was just picking them up on the last day of school. The summer went by too fast and we didn't really do that much!

I am really excited for this school year for Hannah. Last year was horrible for her and I know this year can only be better. Not only is this a repeat, she is a year older and I hope alittle more mature. She was put on medication for ADD more than half way thru the year and it made a tremendous difference but we are not giving it to her yet this year. Even tho it helped a lot, it still had its side effects and it is still a drug that I was giving my 7 year old so I'm going to see if we can avoid it...for now. I already like her teacher, who happened to be held back her 2nd grade year also (probably close to 50 years ago). I have already met with her more than once. She said Hannah had a great day today! =)

Ryan keeps talking about how much he hates that he has to do math but they haven't even done any yet! I am also excited about his school year. I think his education is headed in a totally different direction than Hannah's did. When Hannah was in kindergarten, the teacher was fired within the first month for verbally abusing some of the kids. The teacher that replaced her was brand new. She had never taught her own class ( I think she was an aide before). Needless to say, Hannah's experience was too much like preschool so when she got to first grade, she wasn't prepared physically or mentally for the sudden change to sitting all day, doing work and having homework. She wasn't reading anything when she went into first grade. Ryan's K teacher mailed papers to me over the summer with a list of words that we needed to start teaching him to read. So I'm excited to see what this year does for him. BTW, neither Hannah's K or 1st gr teachers is still at this school. And the teacher she had last year has been there for like 30 years!

I know there is a reason for everything so I am just trying to see the big picture and how the difficulties hannah has had already will work out for her good in the future. =)

I almost forgot to mention my poor, lonely Abigail. She did fine all by her lonesome today.