Laura's had to talk her way onto one of the coveted spots on the debate team and then work with her new karate teaching schedule to be able to do both. She had to do a lot of advocating for herself to older men. And she did it all alone, not one bit of help from us. She started high school, figured out the online portion and is very happy with her new, much busier, schedule.
Adam started middle school with excitement and took a lot of responsibility to learn his way around the school and prep his supplies. He got himself to school on his bike on Thursday after Jim and I left for work about half an hour before he needed to leave. He's enjoying his Lego team and contributing to that a lot, it sounds like. He's kept up with all his online assignments this week too, as far as I can tell.
And best of all, they are getting along with each other amazingly.
Traditional first-day-of-school angel food cake
They dressed alike today
Studying away!
