La Rentrée !

Today was the big day!!! We dropped off Miriam and Zacharie at Papi & Mimi Bixby's house at 8:10 this morning in order to take Micaiah to his first day CE1. He was very exited about his new "cartable" which can be rolled like a suitcase or carried on his back. Since it was the first day, we were able to walk into his classroom and meet his teacher. After this it will be back to dropping him off and picking him up at the gate. While he still had a small case of the nervous jitters, this year was definitely easier than last. Right after our parting hug, he eagerly jumped into a French conversation with the other kids at his table, all of whom he already knew from last year. The report at lunch time was that his teacher is really quite nice, and he seems to be settling in well already.

Miriam had not the slightest hesitation about staying at home. She was very thrilled to be able to have the same teachers that she had "met" previously when Micaiah did HomeSat K-5 two years ago. Just before vacation we found a used desk to put into her room that really works perfectly, and now she is all set up! In fact, she completed two full days' work and then some.

In other news, yesterday we enrolled the kids in some music classes (not formal lessons, just general music), and those classes will start in two weeks. We are excited about this new realm of education for both of them, and are hoping it will give Miriam another avenue to keep honing her French skills while she is schooling in English.