5th Grade Begins

Back to school night came quick. I was in Heaven. The 5th and 6th grade meet in another building, which building was newer and in much better condition than the other building. It was also very clean. Rebekah's classroom was clean, organized, and extremely structured; the best I've seen in all her years of schooling. I am one happy mama with high hopes for this school year. 

On our way out Rebekah looked for her friend's classroom and found her friend. I tried to be silly and photo bomb the picture, however it failed to provide the desired "oh mom!" result I was hopping for. 

We celebrated back to school night with snow cones. 

Then we headed home, Rebekah got cleaned up - and so did Don - for the annual Father's back to school blessing. Sure love these two.

And then we followed the blessing with the annual back to school interview:

The next day she got up and was ready to go in a timely fashion. I made her get out of the car for a back to school picture. One with a 5 for 5th grade.

Another being cute and snuggly. 

We got to school and dropped her off but I of course needed more pictures. 

She's never going to be too old for a daddy hug. 

There she goes! Onward to great things. 

The day flew by. Don arranged his schedule to be able to pick up the Bee with me. Again with the daddy snuggles. And look at the happiness on this girl's face! 

So far she's still quite happy with school. The teacher is taller than Don which I believe makes her quite the authority figure. Either way she hasn't had any contention in the class which makes the environment so much better for the Bee. They are also doing much group work which Rebekah thrives on interactions. It's been almost 3 full weeks of school and she's still basically happy with school. One thing that concerns me is the reading goal: she is expected to read 40 books during the school year with 25 SRC points a quarter (reading books with tests for comprehension), and the teacher does not count audio books. That is somewhat daunting. Other than that, I think she will thrive in this class. Yay for a most excellent start!