First Day of School

Wow! Both of our boys are in school now! Lachen is the part of the upper class at Mary Finn School. Since the school is preschool-1st grade, he is living large as the king of the hill. His teacher, Miss Perry, seems to be all right. He's being a bit aloof about the whole scene. But, there's a rumor that there is homework in 1st grade, and Lachen is not quite sure what to think of that. I think he's all too aware that the St. Mark's students are silently studying for 2 hours every night. "Might that be my fate?" he wonders. He'd much rather listen to Harry Potter on audio CD or build yet another Revolutionary War set-up with Legos, wooden blocks, and playmobil figurines.

As for Aksel, he LOVES school. He gives the full play-by-play report after school, he gleefully skips of to school, sings the transition song the class sings when they're lining up to go into the hallway, "Stand up straight, eyyyyyyyes forward, arms at your side, (and now staccato) when we're walking, we're not talking, when we're walking, we're not talking." Aksel is ecstatic about his very own mailbox, his very own coathook, oh, it's all too much joy for one five-year-old. He is in absolute raptures about the music class, and the music teacher recommended a group piano studio. Aksel starts in mid-September. We'll report back on that scene.

Most days the boys will be chauffeured to and from school, but sometimes they'll take the bus. They already know lots of friends on the bus, and theirs is the last stop, so they aren't on the bus long at all. Here they are waiting with their buddies, Alex and Nicolas, who also live at St. Mark's. Little sister Rebecca is NOT happy that she is not welcome on the big yellow school bus. Shortly after this picture, the four boys started chanting, "Where's our bus!?! Where's our bus?!?" which was quite reminiscent of the "Move that bus!" mantra of Extreme Makeover Home Addition.

Happy Back-to-School to you all!