Yesterday we went to the “Welcome Back” potluck at ERCLC. Got to re-connect with old friends and make some new ones! It was very friendly and wonderful! I am feeling VERY good about this choice to try this charter. The drive is a bit much (one hour, one way, so 2 hours each trip), but we listened to an audiobook and the kids did just fine. I just have to remember to get plenty of sleep the night before because I was getting pretty sleepy on the way down!
The kids got right out there and played with others, which surprised me…both can be quite shy in a new environment. Luckily, we had gone to Lego Club a couple days prior and Tyren had reconnected with his little buddy Levi (who had played with him at park days when they were both toddlers), so once we got there I pointed out that Levi was there and Tyr was happy as a clam. He’s such a social kid. He is constantly asking to play with one of his friends. I have to keep him much more active with playdates than Maeven. He craves it much more.
So Tyr hung out mostly with Levi, but also made some new friends (at one point he partnered up with a little girl and played in the dirt under the walnut tree with some dump trucks and got absolutely covered head to toe in dusty dirt. Too funny!) And Maeven, who I was concerned would hang around me the whole time and not interact, since she tends to be more shy in new situations than Tyr…took off and spent a bunch of time in the playhouse (which is covered inside with chalkboard paint and so is one big drawing board), made new friends and reconnected with her friend Leah, who we have known for awhile from Learning Village activities.
I got to hang out and talk to moms about ERCLC, and learn more about how much I’m going to love the place. Had a really nice time. Quite a few people came up to me and introduced themselves when they saw my “new” face, which was really nice! This is just what I was hoping for!
Met Maeven’s science teacher…he seems really cool! Love that he came up and introduced himself to me! 🙂
I love that this is all working out so well…will continue to update as we get more situated. My mom has decided to fund our gas money so we can go 2 days a week! YAY MOM! 🙂 I was having a hard time decided which day to go…Tues and Thursdays are for the K-6 kids, and the classes are divided up evenly, so Tyr has art one day, Maeve on the other, and the same with every subject…Maeve science one day, Tyr the other…so I was really loathing having to decide which kid gets which class. So I’m very excited that Mom stepped up to help! And of course, Shauna and Keizo (& Remi) will be coming down with us on Tuesdays, so will split the gas for that trip weekly…so we just might be able to afford this afterall! I also found out its not every single week…they do 3 weeks of classes and one week off for coordinator meetings. But since our coordinators will work with us to plan our meetings during the weeks we are already down there, we will have a week off where we won’t have to drive down there. (Except this month, when there is a cave class and trip to Crystal Caves! SO EXCITING! Adam is all jazzed and is taking the day off to go with us!)
Lastly, I got a few more books from the library for the kids. I had wanted to get a handwriting curriculum and check out some different grammar curricula to find something that wasn’t boring. Found some stuff that looks promising. Had been talking via email with the librarian so she had helped me pick a few things…they are just so very helpful here!
Overall I’m very happy so far! Very eager to get started on classes next week so we can really get the full picture!
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