Karissa and Kyle started school at the end of August. Karissa's second grade teacher is Alyssa Espalin. She won Karissa over right away by being young and cute and fashionable. She's been a good teacher and Karissa is having a good year so far. She's made new friends in her class and is learning lots of new things. She's gotten to be a great reader and loves Junie B. Jones books. It's cute to watch her reading silently and then burst out laughing at something Junie B. said. Here's Karissa on the second day of school:
Kyle is a kindergartener this year! He has Ms. Powell, who was also Karissa's teacher, and he likes her and likes being in school. He likes to get his homework packet done the first day of the week and not have any homework (except reading) on the other days. Every day he rides his scooter to school, and usually when we go to pick up Karissa he likes to ride his bike.
His class had a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch last week and I went with him. We rode on a hay ride, went in a petting zoo, learned about pumpkins and got to bring home a little pumpkin of our own.
