The first week of school is in the books. We’re all getting used to the school routine of earlier bedtimes, making lunches, packing backpacks, etc. We haven’t done much exploring this week, but we’ve made it to the library several times so we spend a lot of time cuddled up on the couch reading together.
Max has made one friend in his class, which is his quota, so he is happy. None of the work has been challenging yet, which is unsurprising for the first week of school, but he has a few books stashed in his desk to read when he gets bored. (His reading interests haven’t changed much: Boxcar Children love is still going strong over here, plus anything about structural/mechanical engineering – bridges, trains, plumbing, etc.)
Hazel loves kindergarten. She has lots of new besties and seems to know everyone’s name already. As we walk home from school, she waves at everyone and tells them goodbye by name. I have met a few other parents as “Hazel’s mom” and had coffee with a mom of Hazel’s classmate / soccer teammate. Thanks for sharing your network, Hazel. This family of introverts clearly needed you.
In other news, Ben has COVID. It was bound to happen eventually. So far the rest of us remain negative while Ben isolates in the basement. He’s feeling pretty terrible but is getting a lot of rest. The kids and I are spending as much time outside as possible but it’s pretty hot and we’re just not used to mosquitoes. We weren’t able to check out the Postal Museum as planned, but we’re hoping we get to it next weekend before soccer games take over our Saturdays.
Just a bunch of phone pictures from the first week of school. Hazel enjoys pictures more than Max, but promise Max is around for all these moments as well:
Pimentel Family Journal 