First Day of School

I'm almost a week late in posting this, but Anya had her first day back to school last Tuesday. 5th grade. This summer went by crazy-fast (separate blog post forthcoming), but by the end of it, Anya was itching to get back in the classroom and the routine.

This year, Mrs. Donoso is her homeroom teacher. Chris and I like her and have worked with her the past few years on the school play. Anya says she is magic when it comes to teaching math. So I'm optimistic for the school year. This is the first year where she moves classrooms/teachers for core subjects - kind of like middle-school lite.

So far, so good. It seems Anya has been spending recess/lunch with different kids from previous years, but is getting along with everyone too. Other than an older boy that tries to bully her a bit (he's in trouble often for this behavior with several kids), there seems to be little social drama. There's a new classmate she has befriended and she's been playing a lot of soccer with the boys/a few girls. It's only been a week, but this year seems to be off to a good start. Anya seems to have jumped some in maturity, which accounts for some of it. Fingers crossed it all continues!

Chris will also want me to mention that she is playing soccer again. The girls are combined with Our Lady of the Lake (we don't have enough girls in the class to field a team) and Chris is an assistant coach instead of head coach - he's thrilled. They've had a few practices and their first game was on Saturday (they easily won). Anya is playing so much better this year. Very aggressive (in a good way), probably partly due to playing soccer with the boys during recess. It should be a fun season.