happy school year

it's official. summer break is over. the school year has started. i seem to have a pretty good little class this year. i have 18 students....one of my smaller classes, believe it or not. today was a great day, but i sure am glad it's over. there's a book called "first day jitters" (so cute.. if you've never read it, you should) and it talks about a girl who isn't ready to start school yet. she's nervous and makes a million excuses of why she can't go to school on the first day. turns out....the girl is the teacher. teacher's have first day jitters too and my kids were amazed that i was nervous about the first day just like them. although i didn't tell them this.....i was most nervous about how 4 of them were going to get home....i had no idea and their parents weren't quite sure either! so a huge thanks goes to our assistant principal and the clerk for figuring it all out! so happy school year to myself and all my fellow teacher friends! may these next 179 days go by ever so quickly!!!