First day-ish

Technically, our first day of this school year was last Monday. But. I didn't make boys get off the couch and go stand outside to take a picture. ;) Today, then, on the first day of the Options school year, I did pull out the camera. Ta da!

Check it out!! They're actually ALL smiling! It's a Monday miracle, folks. ;)

Course, then I took individual photos and ended up with this:

Yeah. Those are the boys I'm familiar with, lol. 

Anyhow. As I said, today was the first day of Options. This is our sixth year with the program, though it's taken different paths, such that this is our first year with this particular group. So far, we're delighted. 

Micah is listed as a fourth grader (though his summer birthday would put him in either 2nd or 3rd grade this year and I'm considering him a third grader) and has these classes:

• Keyboarding/Piano
• World Cultures
• PE
• Spanish
• Science Lab
• World Restaurant Tour

He's pretty darn happy and apparently made some new friends today. We were only a little worried about this...as the lunch/recess hour is divided. Given this, Asher and Micah don't eat and play together, so don't see each other all day, which worried them as that's never happened before. Though Micah asked me to come to lunch so he wouldn't be alone, Nathan and I decided it would be good for him to have to talk to other people (not really a stretch for our only extrovert anyhow)...and talk to other people he did. ;) All good. 

Asher is listed as a sixth grader (his summer birthday means he could either be 5th or 6th grade and I'm considering him 5th for everything else) and has these classes: 

• Road Trip USA
• PE
• Art
• 21st Century Technology
• Forensics
• AmeriTowne

He doesn't appear to have made friends as quickly as Micah, lol, but did recognize some kids and admits that he didn't feel lonely at all. Yay! This was particularly good since Noah isn't doing Options this year, and Asher's used to seeing Noah even more during the Options day than Micah (having Noah in at least one or two classes beyond just seeing him at lunch/recess). Asher's first day classes were pretty dry with "first day" sorts of things, he says, but he's still quite optimistic about them and looking forward to the year.

Meanwhile, Noah (seventh grade this year) stayed home with me today and worked on his math and grammar for the week. Fun, right? ;) But, actually, he didn't hate having the quiet time to work, and everyone's happy. Whew. :)