Back To School "Firsts"

Well, it has taken place.  "Back to School" took place this past Thursday, Aug 19th.  It was a lot of "firsts" for our family. 
It begins with Krystal.  This is the first time in several years that she will be teaching full-time and the first time she will be teaching full time at Siloam High School.  She taught full time at the middle school before we adopted Mitchell.  After the adoption, she took time off to be a full time mom and my part-time assistant at the church.  We all know that a pastor's wife is never "part time".  The opportunity came up to teach full time this year in the business department.  After much prayer and discussion, she applied, offered the job and she accepted it.  I'm proud of her and know that she is going to do a great job.

The next of the "firsts" is Ashlyn going into high school.  Wow, how time flies.  She is on a different campus this year as she begins her 9th grade year at the high school.  It's hard to believe that when we moved to Siloam 9 years ago she began at Northside Elementary in kindergarten.  She said she enjoyed her first couple of days and likes her classes.  Basketball has already begun and she starts her day with practice at 7:30am.  I can't believe she is a 14 yr old 9th grader.  She really enjoyed not having too much homework for the first couple of days, but she also knows that will change quickly.  She's a smart young lady and is doing very well!  We are proud of her.

The last of our "firsts" is with Mitchell.  He began his kindergarten year this past Thursday.  If you know Mitchell, he doesn't like change and loves a schedule.  He didn't really know about going to kindergarten.  In fact, he told Krystal that he was going back to being 4 yrs old so he wouldn't have to go to kindergarten.  She explained it didn't work like that and he would love it.  We met his teacher at open house and her name is Mrs. Kindy.  In fact, at open house Mitchell saw that she had street signs he could play with.  After seeing Mrs. Kindy's street signs and the computers in her room, he was ready for the start of kindergarten.   After the first day, he told Krystal and Ashlyn that he didn't get into trouble or have to sit in "time-out".  I guess for a kindergartner that means you've had a great day at school.

First Day of School Tradition ~ photo in front of the fireplace

So far so good.  I know we have only had two days of school.  There are going to be some big adjustments with Ashlyn in high school and Mitchell getting used to going to school full time but they will be fine.  I am probably the one who will have the biggest adjustment.  All my family is in school.  It just means that we'll have to do really good at making time for our family and make a lot of memories throughout the year to come.

School is great, but his year we have several "firsts" that the Wheat family will have to get accustomed to.