Summer always feels too short and before you know it, it's time to head back to a schedule, books, teachers and structure- which is a good thing I guess! The jar of pencils goes up and signals back to school time!
Elise didn't seem to feel the change as much as she seemed to lived at the school all summer! She has been teaching piano and has 19 students, whom she loves. With a busy senior year she just cut down to 14 which was agonizing for her to tell some of her families. Now she only teaches Mondays and Tuesdays and it seems to be working out well. I don't know how she does it all!
Jacob started third grade with a great teacher whom he loves. This year I dropped him off on the first day and after a quick glance around I got a fast peck on the cheek. He walked into the school swinging his lunch check and for the first time in his little school career, didn't look back at me. I felt a mix of sadness for my lost baby boy and happiness that he was confident and excited about school. With baseball now over he is waiting for football to start this month... "flag" football. I don't know if I could take tackle yet....
We attended AF High's Swearing In Ceremony for all the councils. Elise is serving on the Student Body Council as video specialist. It was a long evening with all the different councils represented, but wonderful! Lots of kids from our stake were there, which was fun to see. It is proving to be a very social, fun and busy year for Elise. She tapes/edits announcements 3 times a week, designed and printed this year's school theme on posters that are put up in every classroom, attends a LOT of events, makes videos and is now (as I write this) designing the homecoming poster to take to the printers in the morning as well as the tickets. I think we estimated easily 20+ hours a week she dedicates to the council alone. She is getting great feedback and it's fun to be so involved. We don't see her much, but are proud of all her hard work and the responsibility she takes in her work.
