This week was filled with in-services for me. Half of them were with the entire school staff, so it was nice to see who will be teaching the kids. It is a small school, and they care deeply not just about academics, but about character. As has been the case everywhere we go, everyone has been very friendly. Henry experienced this kindness at cross country this week. He said that when he gets tired and has to walk, the other kids say encouraging words as they pass him. Henry finally had a true cross country practice this weekend. Typically they run either at the school, the track at a local public school, or a track behind the hospital, but on Saturday, they went off road. He was not too keen with the 7 a.m. start time, but at pick-up he said he really enjoyed it. He skipped the part where they ran into the deep woods because he was alone at that point, but he liked the grassy running. There are some big hills here, too, so it was a challenge.
Caroline had 6th grade orientation this week. 6th grade is the beginning of the Upper School. They talked to the students about staying organized and all that stuff, but the best part was when they took them through a tour of their typical day. They started at the beginning - outside in the car line. They visited each classroom in the order of their classes (they all stay together). In each, Caroline walked in and immediately headed towards the seat in the back corner. I hope she enjoyed her brief time in the corner, because the teachers give seating assignments. We met nearly her entire class. There are only 9 of them - 5 girls and 4 boys.
Thursday afternoon the movers came. Finally. It was the same two guys who loaded the trailer in Texas. I have no idea why it took them 2 1/2 weeks to drive here, but we were very grateful to have mattresses again. It seems our only casualty was a dining room chair.
Todd spent a frustrating evening getting the washer and dryer hooked up. It was one of those childhood moments for the kids where you better be quiet because frustrations were high.
We worked on the "wood room" first. When the carpet was down, we called Benson in because he has missed his carpets. This was the hardest room for him to walk in for some reason - he would get frozen and not want to cross the bare floor. Once he saw the carpet, his tail was a wagging. Then he settled himself into a nook and slept.
I wanted a picture of the kids in front of the house at the start of our time here. We did that after church today. We have become known as the "blue door house." When my coworkers or Henry's cross country peers ask us where we live, we give them the street name. Then they always ask, Did you move into the house with the blue door? Yep. That's us. So we're the blue door people.
Josiah helped Todd get some branches off the carport this afternoon. He swept the roof as well. His siblings noticed what he was doing, so first there was one.
Then there were two.
And then there were three.
This is a big week coming up. We have Back to School Night tomorrow and then school begins!
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