In person school?!

The last time the kids were in person for school was March 13th of 2020! The pandemic made the governor cancel school and in a weekend the kids switched to online school that started with an earthquake! They finished out their school year online and we hoped and prayed that they would be able to start the next school year in person. As the summer went on we realized that it probably wouldn't happen. Online school was STRUGGLE in the fall and I was scared that it would be the same in the spring. We looked into local Private, charter and other district schools that were going in person it was already to late they were all either full, not accepting enrollment from other districts or insanely expensive! We were at a loss! We prayed and talked to the kids about what they wanted to do. Even though they wanted to be in person they also wanted to stay with their friends. And for the first time since March we felt good about online, I went ahead registered all of them at our neighborhood school. As things got closer and we found out who the kids teachers were and how things were gonna look we were actually excited for school to start! It was still very hard but it was MUCH better then in the fall. I however still worried about my kids social, emotional, and academic well being. All 3 kids are social butterflies and hands on learners. So being stuck at home pretty much 24/7 and staring at a computer was hard for them. In Dec. our school board FINALLY voted for the kids to return to in person and we were BEYOND EXCITED! We counted down the days and got continuously excited! They staggered the starting dates Jan.25th the pre-k, kinder, and 1st graders started, on Feb. 1st the 2nd and 3rd and the next week the 4th and 5th will start.  So the younger 2 kids started on Jan. 25th and Erilyn started on Feb.1st. We had to take first and last day of school pictures...

On Erilyns last day of online school we celebrated by destroying the computer that was broken back in Dec. it was really fun to let out all the frustration with online school and and see what was inside the computer.

Korbyn refused to put on shoes or a jacket but got cold and didn't want to miss out so he sat in  door like this for a bit. 

FINALLY the day came for the last kid to start in person school!

Heres some side by sides of the kids it crazy how fast they grew in 5 months!