First Day of School!

The much anticipated/feared first day of school has come and gone. I lived through it, and Jimmy loved it! He really liked his teacher, got along well with all the other kids, and just all around had a great time. His only two complaints were that he didn't have time to play with puppets after he was done with the Legos, and that the other kid he was playing with broke his spaceship - but careful questioning revealed that he did it in order to help put the Legos away, so Jim was given very little sympathy for that one. He outlined his plans for today with Chris before bed last night - a plan which centered on getting his name on the board for puppets today.
As far as I understand - and I'm fighting the urge to 'helicopter' and watch for a day, so all I know is what Jimmy tells us - they have several choices each day for play time, and they put their names on the board above ("not next to, or near, or under, but above") the activity they want for that day's playtime. They also have 'circle time' which I think is at the beginning of class where they all sit around and talk about who-knows-what. There is one recess where all the kids in the school go outside together, one snack time where the teacher provides the snacks ... which we found out after I'd bought a couple month's worth of snacks and juice... and somewhere in there is time for art, stories, counting and other educational things. They will have homework once a week, music twice a week.
So all goes well on the academic front. Now that Jim has survived a day without major emotional upheaval I'm feeling much happier about it, although getting up at 6:30 is NOT appreciated in this house.
In other news, we're painting our bedroom, and will start on Jimmy's if he ever gets it cleaned. Once that's done and the house is clean we'll call it good and call in the realtor.
Kirsi is still great and weighs over twelve pounds now. She rolled over back to front about a week ago, but she was sleeping at the time so who knows how long it will take for a repeat preformance? Nana Shide'h found her a walker, which she absolutely loves!
We all went to the Bonner County fair with Jess and Tristan this weekend and had a blast! The kids got to meet Smokey the Bear, who then rode a mechanical bull! Got it all on video, too - hello youtube! We saw all sorts of adorable animals - mini potbelly pig, mini cow, ponies, etc. - and they had a lot of fun activities. Aunt Jess bought Jim a giant inflatable ax, which he loves, and we all battled each other on the CubScout's teeter-boards.
Thrown in for your pleasure - a very wet ferret.