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This is nuts y'all....but here we are again. Summer's gone in a blink, you two are growing taller, and more clever, more able, and more amazing. And now...it is again the first day of school!
How are you in FIRST and THIRD grade? Inconceivable!!!!
But...ready or not...because you've earned it...you're ready for it...and you're here!
FIRST! DAY! OF! SCHOOL!
Aidan Powell... you are nine years old.
You're really into video games, and reading, and swimming, and more adult-level fare like Goosebumps, Thor: Ragnorok, and Godzilla (which for the record, we haven't seen yet...but is still among your favorite movies).
The thing you're most excited about for this school year is helping other kids. And that is so sweet and lovely.
Your first day went well! You excitedly told us some "great news": you got to sit up front with Miss Gwyn and tell her all your stories from the summer- and that made you super happy!
Over the summer you worked hard on math facts, and reading, and cursive and I KNOW you are just gonna rock the Third Grade!
Miss Gwyn let us know that she's already getting sentimental that this is your last year in her classroom...and that normally doesn't start happening til late in the second semester. That's so sweet!
You are growing so quickly!
We are so proud of you!
Julia Sekina... you are six years old.
You're really into fairies and crystals and gems and mermaids and unicorns and swimming and trapeze-swinging and projects and running lemonade stands and baking and dancing and doing laps. You are hyper-literate and have been practicing your cursive all summer long. Over the summer you finally decided it was time to start sleeping in your own bed, in your own room upstairs. And you did it!
You also decided to become a chef. So now you're like fully making your own scrambled eggs (with supervision of course). But you crack 'em, mix 'em, and cook 'em yourself. And now "daddy's famous scrambled eggs" are "julia's famous scrambled eggs"... and they're so well. You made your own eggs on the 1st and 2nd days of school!
Your first full day of first grade went super well. You may or may not have been bitten by the class corn snake, but it didn't seem to bother you. Your teachers let us know that you are doing super well...and that they're jealous because THEY wish they had as good hand-writing as you and that they LOVE having you in their class. Your favorite thing to do so far is eat lunch with your friends and read in the library. You'll get to do that crystal work soon enough!
You big, amazing 1st Grader.
We are so proud of you!
Here's to a great school year of learning and growing!
We love you!
