It’s official! Summer is over! The fall schedule is back on the calendar. It will be a quieter house next week, that’s for sure, since we’ll be down two family members with Tatum away and Kevin returning to Delhi on September 7th.
Clara is starting at a new old school, back to Thomas Pyle Middle School. She had a good first day yesterday and reconnected with some Bannockburn Elementary School friends. That’s one of the best reasons to live in a community-minded neighborhood. Now she’ll be able to walk to friends’ houses again and sit on the same yellow school bus 🚌. This feels like a good move.
Finn is back at McLean School, where he’s kind of a rock star. Mr. Spinner is happy to have Finn in his advisory group because he’s a “lead by example” kind of kid. His back-to-school haircut belies his cool-at-school factor. He’s meh about pre-algebra but very psyched to resume online jump roping classes today.
I was also excited to see Marley’s new room at UMD. Two windows! I don’t envy being on the third floor with no A/C, but she seemed non plussed. She was gracious and grateful for our help moving her in but pretty excited to see her friends once we skedaddled. Just as it should be.
I don’t have any recent photos to share of Tatum, but she’s taking a serious workload that includes chemistry and biology (two sciences!), Algebra 2, and U.S. history. And the fun stuff like art and PE (mmm, yeah, “fun” is my word, not hers). Does anyone else remember the book “Llama Llama is Mad at Mama”?
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