The first day of school has come and gone. Brynne is now a Jr., and Lacey a soph. Jacob came to his new school as a 5th grader. Certainly the greatest changes are for Jacob. No uniforms. The opportunity to walk to school. Which he did all by himself. Sort of. I drove him to the end of the neighborhood where I had to watch him get to his class solo. He claimed it was "social suicide" to have his mom walk him to the teacher. Sob. The report at the end of the day was overall positive, but not anything over the top in the enthusiasm dept. Gregg summed it up well by saying that school is school.

Both girls are happy with their schedules. They have some tough classes. Brynne has her first AP class. She also has stepped off the Oral Interp team in exchange for a leadership class. She is rolling around the idea of auditioning for either the school play or musical, depending on the selection and the homework situation. Lacey has a heavy math/science load and is officially back in the water. She is looking forward to both her morning practice
with the high school team and the
afternoon practice with the club team.