Highlights of 2008 - School

I feel like somehow I have advanced as a parent now because I have a child in elementary school. It is like a whole new phase in our lives. Corbin was so excited and talked about it for months and months. I was sad though because I loved his preschool and just hoped that he would like kindergarten just as much. Corbin was lucky enough to go to the BYU preschool and he LOVED it! It was such a good environment, with very caring teachers. I also liked the fact that they had observation booths so I could wach him without him knowing. It was really fun to see him interact without mom hovering over him. It was a small challenge, because it was about a thirty minute drive each way, but I think it was worth it. I am already debating whether or not to send Cody there. It is hard for me to go anywhere else when I know it is so good!Corbin in the "treehouse"; they have the awesomest classroom and outdoor play area

Corbin and his head teacher, Mr. Brad

Corbin and Dorie, the other head teacher, our long time friend, and our "in" at the BYU Preschool

It turns out that Corbin does love Kindergarten, so far anyway. This week he is the "star student", which means he gets to be the teacher's helper all week. We made a poster all about him, I got to go read to his class, and he got to have his dad come and do a little firefighter gig. Tomorrow I am taking treats for him to give to all of his friends. He has a fantastic teacher - I just hope we get this lucky every year! For pics of Corbin's big first day of kindergarten, click here.

I should also mention, while I am talking about school, that Russ has loved going to school this year as well. He is studying computer programming and his fire dept is paying for it! Doesn't get much better than that! He has been taking just one class at a time (since he does have two jobs as well), so finishing the actual degree will take f-o-r-e-v-e-r, but soon he will have enough skills to start doing some work and some real projects (and hopefully someone will pay him for that.) But the important thing is that he loves it. And he is lucky because he can do alot of his homework at work.

Grad school for me is still floating around, but probably not next semester like I had hoped. What's one more year, right? Maybe by then I will actually be getting more sleep and have my brain back.