Friday, September 19, 2008

Back to school




I truly love Autumn in Indiana. The weather is cooling, the rains are coming, the grass is growing again...and my kids are back in school! We had an unusual summer with little Hailey. They may actually be glad to be back just to have a little more social time.

(Yes, it really was dark when Rachel left for school. Gotta love the bus ride!) We caught Ian after his first day. Pretty good smiles considering it was school. They are both doing well. Rachel is particularly driven to get strait A's. Yesterday she completed an extra credit assignment for math that will bring her grade up to 117%! She's not an overacheiver or anything though. :)

Ian is content to just complete his regular assignments and anxious to get outside to play. He loves playing two sports this fall. Football and soccer. Last Saturday his games were back to back, and he had a bruised heel from P.E. the day before. He still ran like the wind. Yesterday he helped me mow the lawn (He can do most of the backyard himself). His Dad has taught him to look out for me when he is out of town and Ian really tries to fill that assignment.

1 comment:

VanOrden Family said...

Sounds like they are doing all the right things! They sure are great sport players.