The first week of school.

Here we are at our very first week of school! Alyssa is loving school a lot! I can hardly believe how on top of things she is and pray that it lasts for her as well. She loves all of her classes, teachers, and subjects too.

She is riding the bus now, which is nice. It's only 2 blocks up from our house. We walk together and I've been enjoying that a lot. Although she's missed the bus coming home 2 days in a row!! The first day, the bus driver actually came back for her. The second day, she ran after the bus to no avail! She called me in tears and scared the living daylights out of me because of it! I thought something had seriously happened! Oh my.. She realizes now that she cannot socialize or get things from other classes rooms once the last bell rings. That she needs to be outside waiting for the bus cause he doesn't stay there very long at all!! But she likes riding the bus and knows a ton of kids on it. I wasn't too sure about it though as there were HS kids on there, but they sit in the back away from the little kids she said!

She's set some goals for herself too.. She wants to keep her binder organized and try to get honor roll. She tried to bargain with me though the other night! She has been wanting a mouse for a longest time. I simply cannot do it.. Gross! All I can think about is beating it with a stick or putting out a mouse trap.. So I've nixed it. And yeah its just me, cause D would let her buy the moon!! But she says, if I keep my grades up and also keep my binder organized can I get a mouse. Instantly out of my mouth, no. But I sit there and even though every wrong thing as a parent flashed before my eyes {who would really take care of it, those are lofty goals, is bargaining something we should do, etc...} I realized just how determined and excited she was. So I told her that she could at the end of the year {which might be placing a tad high expectation on her, I am going to pray further about this. However she did bring up the "year" thing, so it wasn't me completely} she could get 2 hamsters. The smile?

As big as the earth! D? He simply looked at me astonished cause I caved he says... We'll see how it all goes...

This year, we are really into her schooling. They have an online family access thingy where we can see what A's doing, what kind of grades she's got, what she's eating for lunch, and communicate with the teachers too. It's a really neat concept and one that is new for us! It's a great way for us to really be into what she's doing! I love that.

It's really cool seeing your child liking school! I am praying that it lasts! If you have children, how was their first week, or if they have been in school for a bit how is it going?