Just a quick interruption of "what we did last summer" to give an update on our wonderful Stella Rondo Elementary School. Bronson's sixth grade teacher, Miss Chenille, new this year, is fabulous. Her web site included not only a detailed list of school supplies to bring on the first day, but a writing assignment as well. The kids were assigned to write a paragraph with the following creative prompt: "If I were one of these classroom supplies, I would be..."
Fortunately, after visiting several stores, we were able to find all the supplies. Then Bronson chose the box of 16 crayons to write about, saying, "there are hundreds of boxes of 8, 24, 64, and 96, but I am that rare box of 16 that has all the colors any sixth grader needs." Obviously, he feels ready for sixth grade!
Stella Rondo Elementary is K-6, so Hailey and Bronson are in the same school again, so thankfully during this stressful time Bronson does not need to be ready for a new school.
Hailey has already decided that if she gets the assignment next year she will be a glue stick. "I go on purple (my favorite color), and then I disappear, but I'm still there." Amber is our green highlighter, her big green eyes reflecting and amplifying our family's every mood. I am the three-ring binder, with one ring for each child, keeping us together and organized!
The only problem we had was choosing a school supply for Purcell. Hailey suggested hand sanitizer. "For someone who caught one of the most contagious diseases anywhere?" said Bronson, both bitter and proud.
Hailey objected that that was unfair. "As we speak, he is protecting the world from contagious chronic fatigue," she said, sounding much older than a fifth grader. I decided it was time to serve an early dinner of crouton pie, then cuddle up with the kids and dogs to watch one of our favorite movies, maybe The Five Little Peppers and How they Grew.
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