12 Days and Counting....

We have 12 days of summer vacation left. I am excited about my children returning to school but not because I want them to be gone all day its just a fun, exciting time. "For you, not them," you say. Well that is not entirely true. Today in the mail came letters from the new teachers. Introductions and also lets of extra back to school information. And the boys are thrilled with their teachers. Jacob has a teacher who has worked with him before in the past and should be an excellent fit for this year. I haven't met him personally but he was recommended by Jacob's fourth grade teacher. He has quite a good amount of experience as well. Andrew is going to have the same teacher Jacob had back in third grade. I couldn't be more pleased. She is very experienced and also has a masters in teaching gifted children so its a great fit for Andrew. She is strict but very nice. Sarah's teacher also came by the house today along with the speech teacher and a parapro. They are wonderful and I am thrilled she will have such experienced ladies working with her. It gave us an opportunity to talk about Sarah and her progress and needs and also for them to observe her for a bit. Timothy is the only one not heading off to school and I am looking forward to having him all to myself. We had fun picking out school supplies. A BIG purple back pack for Sarah and Hummer (H3) notebooks for Jacob and lots of assorted colored pens and pencils for Andrew for writing the assortment of stories he will be working on (he is quite an author!) So we are excited and still I am sure I will be choked up when they head off--all fresh and clean--for that first day back.
In the meantime we are packing in as much fun as we can for those last few summer days....