First Grade on the horizon

Harrison and I went to meet his teacher on Thursday and drop off his school supplies. He REALLY wanted to have Mr. Johnson be his teacher this year. Last year at a school picnic, he ended up playing laser tag with Mr. Johnson and thought that was SO cool. I think he would have responded really well to him, too, but I thought the odds were not in our favor of getting him. There are 10 first grade classes this year in Harrison's school! Over crowding this year will be remedied by a new school being built to start next year. Anyway, his teacher next year will be Mrs. Rothrock and after meeting her he is ok. Definitely saw his face fall when I said her name, but he liked her and thought she seemed very nice.

So, because there are 10 classes, it was unlikely that he would be grouped with many of his buddies from last year. There were a couple of friendly faces in his class, and what's funny is that one of the girls, Sarah, is sitting right next to him! Even funnier, she sat next to him for the entire year last year! He really liked that. She's quite the crack-up, apparently.

So, I'll post first day pictures on Monday! I can't believe we have a first grader!

The Whole Witt Fam-damily

After looking through the pictures I found a few more to share.

Here's a great shot of the whole crew.



Alex and Juliette are good buddies. Usually they're conspiring...









Cousin Juliette and Ian in serious discussions about something.










Ian had helped himself to the jello and dumped the whole serving spoon on top of him. He was sporting quite the look!




Christy captured an even more impressive rainbow picture! It really was this bright and it was a full rainbow!

Conflict

Conflict is a daily occurrence in our home. The players vary, but it happens reliably.

Kevin and I were downstairs watching the USA vs. China Olympic basketball game and we hear rumblings upstairs. Next, really loud crying. Ian, very upset. Kevin calmly walks to the stairs to meet Alex, who is on his way down already in defensive mode. Kevin asks, "What happened to Ian. Why is he crying?"

Alex's response, "Oh yeah? Well, he was tryin' to steal my moves! He wouldn't listen to me. He kept trying to steal my moves!"