This past Tuesday was a first for all 4 of us Andersons. For Nick, it was his first day in the Two's at daycare. For Reagan, it was her first day in Kindergarten. It was my first day working in the media center with high school students. And for Brad, it was his first real day working with employees as Assistant Superintendent. Man were we exhausted at the end of the day!
Nick's two's teacher is Reagan's favorite daycare teacher, Ms. Branigan. From what she has said, Nick had a hard time adjusting to the new classroom and new rules, but I think he has now gotten over that and is liking his new class. He has almost completely stopped pitching the fits he was throwing in the one's and is taking good naps, too. Now, we just need to work on sharing. He has a hard time with that.
Reagan felt like such a big girl. She started Kindergarten! I think it was harder on Mommy than it was for her. I walked her into class, she took her teacher by the hand and that was it. I had to ask for a hug goodbye. I tried really hard to fight back tears as I walked down the hallway, but a few had fallen by the time I made it back to my vehicle. When I picked her up from the daycare that afternoon, I asked her what her favorite thing about school was. Her answer?...riding the bus. She gets to ride on the bus to the daycare after school with Kelsey, Brylie, Emily, Marlie, Christina, and some more friends of hers, and apparently, that's the highlight of her day. I know she likes other things that happen during the day because she will talk about those too, but the bus ride is at the top of her list. My girl does like to be on the move!
Open house was extremely stressful for me. I could barely move when I walked out of the school building that night. But, the first day of school was the next day, so I knew I had to hurry home to get some rest. I'm so glad Reagan & Nick both decided to sleep well all night in their beds. They must have known just how tired I really was. After I dropped Reagan off the next morning, I drove on into town for my first full day of school as a media specialist. My first day in the media center with students was a little stressful at first, but I quickly calmed down and it went very well. Students were coming as a class every 15 minutes to get their textbooks. I was expecting the worst, but it really wasn't bad at all. Many of the students had already gotten their books before school started, so this was a nice surprise!
So far I have really enjoyed my new job. I have met some really interesting students and am learning new vocabulary and fashion tastes every day! In just two short weeks, I have learned how to read SHS schedules, memorized what textbooks are for what class, mastered cataloging new inventory, make ID's, work the computer that checks out books, been introduced to over 75 faculty and staff members, met about 10 students who are student workers in the media center throughout the day, and figure out how to print a report in SASI. No wonder my head hurts at the end of the day! Tomorrow we are having a little reception for the teachers to show off our new arrivals to the media center. Amy & I went shopping at Wal-Mart today for the party supplies. I'll have to let you know how it goes!
Brad has really been busy too these past few weeks. Friday was the first day of school in his district. He said that overall it went very smoothly too. Since he is in charge of transportation, Friday was a very busy day for him. He didn't get home until 7:30 Friday night.
Brad's job title changed last month. He went from Director to Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services. Nothing much about his job has changed, just basically his title. It was a good move though for him and we're very proud!
We have lots of things to be thankful for from this past week. Nick is doing well in daycare, Reagan loves being a Kindergartner, I've had a successful week at my new job, and Brad had a pretty stress-free start to a new school year. God is really good to us!
