BACK TO LIFE - BACK TO REALITY

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THESE TWO HANDSOMS!

 ^^Connor is going into 6th grade^^

 ^^Nathan is going into 11th grade^^

At the very last minute, we decided to put Connor in Freedom Elementary for 6th grade.  He has been going to Mountainville Academy since Kindergarten, but, among other reasons, we felt that it would be good if he went to Junior High having a good group of friends.  Since making that decision things haven't gone smoothly.  He ended up not getting the time or teacher that he was wanting and he started to really get nervous about our decision.  At Back to School Night last night, we met his new teacher and Connor really liked him, and then with the help of the big guns (Rick) we were able to get the time that we wanted.

As we were eating dinner last night I could tell that Connor was still a little nervous, so I asked the kids to think of advice that they wish they would have gotten before they went into 6th grade.  As they started talking, I thought that this advice was too good not to write down...so here it is...

-"Don't pick one specific Valentine."  -The story behind this is, when Britt was in 6th grade, she told a boy she would be his Valentine.  Another boy found out about it and wrote her a letter with $20.00 in it saying he would pay her to be his Valentine.  How Britt remembers the story going is that I made her give the $20.00 back because she had already said yes to the first boy.  She still, to this day, believes that if she hadn't committed to the first one then she could have had 2 Valentines and been $20.00 richer!

-"Don't write about your crushes in your journal at school - people read that shiz!"

-"When playing Heads Up 7up, don't pick the same girl every time - you will get made fun of."

-"Everyone is insecure, people are going to make fun of you, don't pay them any mind and know that you are cool."

-"Do your homework - learn from our mistakes!"

-"Be friends with everyone in the class and then you have a lot of options when people act like dicks!"

-"It will be a rough year for some girls - tell them they look pretty."

I thought it was all great advice!

When I picked Connor up from school today he told me that he loved everything about Freedom.  He said everyone there is nice and he is so glad we made that decision.  I can exhale now!

Happy First Day Of School Everyone!  Here is to a great year!