Travelingjenny

Our sweet, enthusiastic third grader was beyond excited to start school. Her new teacher is well loved and Grace has been sending her mail telling her how much she likes her (we're trying not to think about the fact that she is due to have a baby in three weeks). Third grade is a big deal — you get your own desk (no more sitting at tables), and you bring your own pencil bag, and you get homework! Yes, homework!! Grace arrived home after the first day of school and announced (several times) that she had been given homework! She unpacked her backpack and spread her papers out on the table and requested space and quiet because — well, you know — she had homework! Now it did not matter one bit that it was Tuesday and this homework was due the following Monday — it must, of course, be done immediately. And so it was.

Third grade is awesome. And third graders are even more awesome.