Back to School!

Ian started school on Tuesday. Even though today is only his third day, it seems like this has been a long week already! I think we just need to get back into the routine. It does help to have more of a schedule to the day.
Last Thursday was Ian's open house. He got to meet his teacher (we finally found out who she was). He in Vina Chattin this year, which is for 2nd and 3rd grades. He saw the new building, and lunchroom, gym, library, etc. After that he was pretty excited about school, but he still feels like he will miss out on all of the fun things that we do without him. (I'm not exactly sure what that is!) On Tuesday morning, I could hardly get him to sit still long enough to take his picture. When I was going to leave, I was trying to get his attention to tell him, but he was so busy talking to his friends, I just gave up. At the end of the day, we practically have to drag him out of the classroom. At least we know he is enjoying himself.
His teacher is from the area, but was living in WA until this summer, so is new to the school. They hired her in August, so she didn' t have alot of time to get ready, but she seemed like an experienced teacher. She has 17 kids, where most of the teachers have 20, so I hope that her class will stay a little bit smaller. I am going to try to take some more pictures of his class. He looks so small compared to some of the students. He did grow some over the summer, and I'm hoping that it is part of a big growth spurt.
On Tuesday, when we asked Ian what he did all he could do was talk about the movie he watched in Blackfoot Language class. It was all about monsters-- vampires, Medusa, etc. Sounds like he's off to a great start in 2nd grade!
Isabelle had her open house for preschool last Wednesday, and her first day was yesterday. She is very excited. She wants to go to preschool all day, every day. I think all kids love Ms. Olson. She does such a great job. Caleb would have liked to stay, too. At least I don't have to worry about our kids being too clingy!
She will be going on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 12:15-2:15. During this time I will stay in Cut Bank, run errands, visit with friends, go to the library, etc.

(In other news we are meeting with the CMA reps in Great Falls next Friday the 14th at 1pm as a final step in our confirmation process with them. I hope that light at the end of the tunnel is not a train....
We would appreciate your prayers for that meeting as well.-- added by Stephen.)