Don't think I have posted a picture of William in his uniform yet so here it is. This was his first official day of school. He had been going once a week for several months in preparation for 'big' school, but this was his official first day.
He has settled down some, or that teacher says he has. She said he was going really well, but she is leaving in less than a month, so she might just be saying that because he will not be her problem anymore. I have not met his new teacher yet but apparently, she is a student teacher that is working there now. Wonder which one it is. His current teacher is really young so I can't imagine a younger student teacher taking her place, but that is what is going to happen. Hope he continues to do well.
William just started soccer for under 6's. We thought he would be in the under 5's, but they go by calender year and he turned 5 this past November.
He seems to like it, although we have had only one practice and he got tired about halfway through, but he keeps asking when he can do it again. At this age, there is not a lot to learn about the game, just run around and kick the ball. They don't even really do that well. I was roped into running most of the practice. Having never done soccer before, I just had the kick the ball back an forth to each other, then practice running with the ball and kicking it ahead of themselves. William did not really get the concept but the others made some progress. William still wants to just get a running start and then kick the ball. Doesn't matter where it actually goes and he never tries to stop it when they kick it to him. He lets it go past him and then chases it. But, he will learn, I am sure. Don't really seem to be a lot of rules involved, they just have fun.
Maeghan has started playing the clarinet. She is much better at that than she was at the Flute. Still requires a lot of air to maintain a note and she cannot reach the last of the keys on the clarinet, but it sounds better when she plays. Not actual music, but she can change notes while she is playing, so that is an improvement. Better than just one long note. I am thinking of recruiting Uncle Bill to come over and teach her how to play. He is the musician in the family. Long way to go for music lessons though. Maybe she will be better at it by the time we go over there and she can play with him sometime.
We should be getting the new car this week, if we can pay for the old one. Seems I read the papers wrong and I owe about twice as much as I thought I did on the old car. Trying to work that out now but I don't think it will stop us from getting the new car. It might make us pay for both of them until the old one is paid off. Again, we will see.
The kids start swimming lessons at the school next week. They go everyday for two weeks. After that, it is school holidays so I am not sure when they actually get work done. Not that William has a lot of work in kindergarten but he has had homework almost every night. He has to read along with us and then recognize words. He does fairly well except he can't seem to remember that the word 'the' is. I think he has trouble with the 'th' but they keep putting it on his list of words to do, so eventually, he will get it right. He can get most of the other words after a couple or days.
Maeghan has homework every night. She is reading really long books now. The take two days to read. She also gets a lot of math word problems. Most of the time, she understands what to do better than we do. Once she explains what it is she is supposed to do, we can then help her do it. A lot of money problems also, like if she has $2 and can buy three things and each costs 20 cents and 50 cents and $1, how much does she have left. I might have to get her in here to tell me what the answer is but I will leave it up to everyone else to figure it out.
Maeghan goes to the dentist this month. Her top teeth have still not grown back and she has lost a couple more. Her whole top front row of teeth is gone. She can no longer eat corn on the cob or bite into anything. She has to eat it on the side of her mouth. The dentist might be able to tell us why they have not grown back but I think this is going to be another one of those things we just have to wait and see.
Guess I have to be going now. Juanita is sitting behind me waiting for the computer. There probably is a lot more to say, but I can't remember what it is.
Talk to you later
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