Yesterday, the kids went back to school. It'll be a year of many changes. The first day of 5th grade for Little Ann. She loves to read and write and was very excited about having a "journal" assignment on the first night. A little disappointed about being last in line again....sorry, chick, that's the breaks when your last name starts with W. Get used to it.
Doesn't she look studious with her new glasses? The kids told her she looked like Nancy Drew yesterday. She loves Nancy Drew and took that as a compliment.This guy.....not so studious. 
And....this was Big Dan's last first day of high school. Forever. Seems so final, doesn't it? He has "Tourette's Syndrome" (not the profanity that comes with Copralalia, thank goodness!) and was recently diagnosed with ADD so we have struggled immensely over the years with poor organizational and study skills. It's been extremely hard to distinguish between what has been the result of "teenage boy" and what has been legitimate. It has made initiating consequences very hard (besides the natural ones) and keeps me on a constant guilt trip.
His schedule is very light this year. I am expecting a 4 point. With his main classes being Parenting, Advanced Art, Senior English, and Senior Transitional Math, and the rest being PE, Study Hall and 2 periods of Athletics, I dont think that's too much to ask.
