An interesting beginning

Well I guess it is my job to give all the details of our lives. Life is exciting in the Paystrup household. School began last Thursday. This is my fourth year teaching kindergarten at Dixie Sun Elementary. Our school changed it's name from Dixie Downs to Dixie Sun this year. We are also beginning an extended year model so life is about to get crazy. I have just completed my ARL so I am now officially a teacher or will be in a few weeks. I am also beginning my ESL endorsement in hopes that I can lane change and make more money.

Christian is 8 and in 3rd grade. His teachers are Mrs. Lopez (Spanish) and Ms. Rogers (English). He is in a cluster group for gifted and talented. He loves to write and is excited to learn cursive this year.

Nicole is 7 and in 2nd grade. Her teachers are Mr. R. Garcia (Spanish) and Ms. Hammond (English). She is really excited because her best friend Sadie is in her class. She is a social butterfly and loves to be the center of attention. She is also a non-stop talker. I can't imagine where she got that from.

Jaclyn is 4 and we are looking for a preschool for her. At the moment she spends the day with Miss Toni. She can say the letters in her name and can identify a question mark and an exclamation mark. She is also looking forward to learning Spanish next year. Her two favorite words are gato (cat) and zapato (shoe).

Dave began back to school at the beginning of August. He is attending Western Governors University (WGU). He is going into Special Education, but first he has to complete his speech class and his critical thinking class.

Squeaky (our guinea pig) spends his days eating carrots, drinking and sleeping. He is four and half years old which isn't bad for a guinea pig.
We manage to keep busy and try not to go crazy. We will see how well that goes.

Under construction

This is the maiden post of our family blog. As you can see it's under construction. Jenn will be joining in soon to add the cute stuff. I'm tech-savvy, but not cute. -- Dave