First Week of School and a Triathlon

We successfully completed the first week of school with just a minor hiccup. Overall, the kids seemed to enjoy the first week of school; they seem to like their teachers so far. Jack doesn't adapt to change very well and we have come to realize that he puts too much pressure on himself and gets all worked up over nothing at the beginning of each school year. On Thursday, he told us he wanted to switch classes (mind you, for no apparent reason!). Mostly because he didn't get the teacher he wanted. We both talked it out with him and hopefully next week will be better. Would hate to see a repeat of last year.

As for the girls, well.... they love it! They had a great week and seem to enjoy their classrooms so far. We are hoping for a great year! Lauren continues to be thrilled about riding the big bus with her brother and sister and going to big kid school :) She is becoming so grown up! We don't particularly worry about Caroline and her adapting to school; she can easily pick up a new-found friend off the street! She is such a social butterfly; hopefully it won't get her in trouble!

The kids had their first 'snow' day (without the snow) on Friday due to all of the rain we have had and because of Thursday night's storms. We experienced a tremendous amount of rain last week due to TS Lee which caused a lot of flooding in areas. For some reason, schools were canceled on Friday. Not quite sure how they will make this day up yet..... We'll see.

Today, Jack and Caroline competed in their second triathlon and did great! We are so very proud of them. Seems they have caught the 'tri - bug' because after the race they informed us they wanted to do another one. We have a local 1K coming up in October and the family will run the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. Starting to wonder if we need to start planning our 2012 competition calendar?! LOL.... love the fact that J&C seemed to have found something they both enjoy doing and it certainly doesn't hurt that this is promoting exercise and good health at an early age. Way to go Jack and Caroline, we love you and are very proud of you. Lauren loves watching and cheering them on; little does she know in a few years, we will start working on getting her to do these too. HA HA HA.

Our Proud Finishers!!!!!