First Day of School…

The boys had their first (half) day of school today!!! Jonas is starting middle school this year (6th grade), and Xander (5th grade) and Roman (3rd grade) are continuing on in elementary school. Jonas still wants to be an Engineer when he grows up, and Xander still wants to be a Dolphin Trainer. Roman is leaning more towards wanting to be a Professional YouTuber.

It went so much better than I was expecting! Jonas will start and end school an hour earlier than Xander and Roman this year…which might be a little dicey when they’re remote learning. So, I put together a list of upstairs and outside things that they can do while their brothers are schooling and they’re not. While Jonas was schooling and before Xander and Roman started…I threw the football with Roman (we made it to 65!), and Xander made origami creations (recently, that’s his happy place)…

Jonas’ day went really smoothly (except for his General Music class that was switched to Spanish the night before and was then rescheduled the next morning to Theater…it hadn’t shown up on his dashboard yet, so he missed that Zoom).

Xander and Roman kept getting disconnected from Zoom, so we put in a request with IT for a computer swap for both of them and a hot spot (because we have three on the WiFi at the same time), which we’re hoping for on Monday or soon after. We’re SO grateful for the principals, teachers, staff, and IT department working overtime to get and keep everything up and running in this unprecedented, challenging time. Xander was chatting on Zoom with his friends, which he was schooled on pretty quickly…little stinker…he knows better! Roman, our resident extrovert, had a really hard time waiting to talk and be called on. He made it about an hour and a half (even with breaks) before he started melting down. I just kept trying to remind him that this is new for EVERYBODY (students, teachers, and parents).

All in all, it was a good day. And the boys really enjoyed running around and playing outside after their first half day of school. Tom was super sweet and thoughtful and came home early with flowers for me and a cookie cake for the boys…he’s the best…totally made me tear up. Team Seyfried!!!