It’s Good To Be Home!

Well, we made it. I secretly held out, only believing it when I saw it - when the kids past the threshold and sat down for the first time.

It was a day of firsts - first time ever someone had sat in the desks, first time we used our hooks, first time a Gr. 3 used the bathroom, etc. We celebrated all of it - even to the point to clapping in the first boy and girl into the bathroom (though somewhat inappropriate to celebrate the riddance of bodily waste, we still did it!).

It was an interesting time too as it was the first time we had seen big kids. At our rental site, the Gr. 3s were the oldest, and so were given various responsibilities reserved for the older students. Yesterday, we stopped at marveled at the size of them - like we were on some sort of safari.

We also were getting our first taste of bringing the two staffs together. We started the delicate dance around each other, trying to get our own way without offending, as neither of us knew how to deal with the other. That will break down soon, as we have our first together meeting today where we iron out the details of who goes where, when, etc.

Regardless of the bumps ahead, my god it is good to be home!