I've been trying to think of something clever to blog about all day but I haven't come up with anything yet. Therefore you get the boring ol' what's been up since school started.

So far everything is going smoothly. I've been asking the kids the best and worst part of the day and if anyone made them upset at some point in the evening (usually at the dinner table). It seems the best part of the day for them both is eating or gym/recess. Surprise! Surprise! They have a new gym teacher this year. He is a lot more fun and less strict than the other teacher. The other teacher required all the girls to have their hair back no matter what and if it wasn't pulled back she gave them a rubberband to pull it back. Doesn't sound bad really but my daughter made it complicated and go put your hair back in a rubberband and take it out.......not fun!

Hannah's teacher does spelling tests differently, which both Hannah and I love. Normally it is get a list of 12 words on Monday and write them several times every night and have a test on Friday. This year they have a pre-test on Monday, before even getting the list of words. Whatever you spell right in the pre-test, you don't have to spell on Friday. Don't ask how she keeps that straight for 20 kids! So this week Hannah missed 3 on the pre-test; two because she made her b and d backwards. So instead of spending an hour every evening writing words and taking practice tests, we can spend just a handful of minutes on it!

We are still not giving Hannah any medication for ADD. I'm praying the Lord continues to bless in this situaton! I'm so thankful this teacher is so much different than last years.

I don't have much to report about Ryan. His teacher is already working with them on "popcorn" words, which are words he should be able to know just by looking at them. This week's words are "I" and "am." I'm excited to see how his education helps him in comparison with Hannah.

I was worried about how bedtime was going to go since Hannah and Ryan are sharing a room now. During the summer they stayed up late goofing off and it wasn't a big deal. Now they are having to lay their and be still and quiet. Not easy but so far there have been no issues!

I'm letting them stay up just a little later this year. Bedtime has always been 7pm bc that is what they have needed. I like for them to wake up on their own, ready to get up and moving, rather than having to drag them out of bed and fight with them to get moving. (they don't always get up on their own) Well, this year I'm letting them stay up as late as 7:30! =)