School

So everyone has finally made it back to school. The older three kids are going to the school down the street. Mckenzie refers to it as the prison. We were just happy to find a school that could get them in. The neighbors tell us that it really is a good school.

Tuesday was their first day of school and all they did was show up and get their schedules for Wed. Riley went and we found him walking home from school a couple of hours later. We asked him how it went. With a big smile on his face he said he didn't understand a word. He didn't even have a schedule. I guess the teacher just verbally told the kids the schedule and he was supposed to write it down. You know how that went. We we walked over there with him and got a printed schedule of his classes.

Mckenzie and Cassie talked about how everybody stared at them. Not sure if it was because they were new or if word had spread rapidly that those were the Americans coming to school there. This school has many kids that speak Valenciano (the regional language). All of my kids have to take it. To make matters worse, Mckenzie's math class will be taught in Valenciano

The first official day of classes was yesterday. The kids get two breaks and no food is served. Mckenzie gets a special id card for her age so that she can go for a smoke during school. Mckenzie actually ran home during the first break because she didn't want to go into the bathroom that smelled of smoke and apparently had no toilet paper.

They now have their list of books that I need to buy. I won't complain about how expensive it is to go back to school in the states again. Each one of our kids have to provide their own books for school. Dayna and Cade together cost over 300 euros. I still have three more kids to buy books for.