The First Day of School 2007

Summer is over. Boo Hoo! The girls started school yesterday. Lydia in first grade and Taylor in eighth (eegads!). I still remember 8th grade at CCMS. My homeroom teacher was Mr. Funk. My BFF were Bobby and Ann. 8th grade was the only time in my life that I had detention. The entire band got detention for throwing around Mr. Rhine's carpet squares that he used to erase the chalkboard. The drummers started it. I played field hockey for the first time, swam for the Falcons and ran track. I also remember getting pantsed by Uma after winning the 8th grade girls indoor floor hockey tournament, in front of Dave Sheller and Kyle Stokes.

Enough of my walk down memory lane.

Lydi's teacher, Mrs. Lake, is a UCSD alumni, just like Jerry. So, we love her already. She's a SoCal girl, born and raised. She used to be a swimmer, too. Lydi had a fun first day, but is home sick with a fever today. Bummer! She's not sick, but the fever is enough to keep her home for the day.

Taylor loves 8th grade so far, all 3 hours, that she had yesterday. Her favorite subjects are Language Arts and Social Studies (early American History she said, Lyss!) She didn't have time to finish her L.A. questionaire in class... the first question was how many books did you read this summer? She could only recall 10, including HP 4-7 (in total weighing more than she does). She's auditioning for OPUS again this year and is doing her third year of show choir. She's in band, chorus and still taking piano. The school is doing a play about the trial of Goldilocks and she's planning to try out, as well as do the musical in the spring. After actually enjoying the swim team this summer, she is thinking about swimming for her school this winter, too.

Taylor and Lydia's first day of school