So far so good

Well my little girl had her first day of yer 10 yesterday. And she really enjoyed it. She doesn't have any teachers that she clashes with (yet) and enjoyed all her lessons (even math!). One of her biggest hurdles in life is learning when NOT to speak her mind. She got into trouble qute often last year for standing up for herself and what she believed in, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just needs a bit of fine tuning. Standing in front of the class and shouting at the teacher for losing your assignment isn't going to win friends. Said assignment was found by the way, the teacher had accidentally attached it to someone elses. He was also in the wrong as he found it after she had already re-done it and didn't have the courage to tell her himself, he got one of the other students to tell her. Which just made her even more angry with him and even more difficult to get along with.

My favourite little man started his last year in primary school yesterday. He goes to a very small school so nothing much changed for him. He has the same teacher, same classmates and same principal. He's not really enjoying school and is quite lacking in self confidence so that is something we really need to be aware and work on this year.

Dear Lord, I pray that both kids can do their very best this year, not only academically but also learn to get along with an array of different people and be a bit more tolerant and patient. I pray that they can foster healthy and rewarding friendships with their peers. Most of all I pray that they will get to know you better and learn to trust in you whenever they need a friend.