Back to school...already!

We started back to school again last week. It seems way too early to go back. I don't think school should start until after Labor Day. It is still summer to me. I'm not sure what is up with these Utah County school districts. However, I don't make the rules so off they went.

Anna looked darling in her school uniforms. She started 2nd grade at her new school Renaissance Academy. She woke up Monday morning with a bad stomachache. Classic first day nerves. I had to spoon feed her yogurt before she left. She had a great week though. She never even called me once to ask a diabetes question. Anna really is a confident girl. It will be fun to see how she shines at her new school. Anna's friend Isabel helped her meet lots of new friends and find her way around the big school. She came home the first day excited because she had learned to play hopscotch at recess. I hope I can always remember Anna at this age...such a cute little girl excited about hopscotch!

Tanielu and Owen headed off to Kids Village on Monday for preschool. It was Owen's very first day of preschool. He did great! He met his teacher, tried out the small urinal and was ready for class. When I went to kiss him goodbye he wiped it off and growled at me. Typical Owen. It definitely was harder on me than on him. He will go three mornings a week. Tanielu is going to preschool five mornings a week this year. He misses the kindergarten cutoff and he needs the structure and fun of school. He will go to Kids Village on MWF and Learning Dynamics on TTH. I love both schools for different reasons. On Tani's first morning in class he had two different girls from last year who needed to stay with him or they would cry. He is a ladies' man already. He had a good week but I saw the emotions come out a bit in the acting out at home. On Monday we got home and he ripped up his story from school. He said "I'm not going to eat lunch. I'm not going to eat any treats. I'm not going to watch any tv. I'm not going to do anything!" I just said ok. Then he picked up a pillow and threw it at my pictures. After some timeout we talked about what was happening. He said he was sad. We talked about feeling excited, scared, happy and sad all at the same time. I held him and he cried and cried. He finally said his heart was happy again. What a wonderful, challenging, emotional boy Tanielu is! School starting was just too much and he didn't know how to show it.