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Noah's first day of school 2009 - Second Grade.

Summer is over.  Time to head back to school.  Today Noah starts second grade.  He was up at 6:00 AM, got dressed and eagerly awaited mom and dad getting up.  At 6:30 he came in to wake me up to get him breakfast so he could make the bus on time.  Totally different kid from last year.  We had to pry him out of bed almost everyday.  Looks like it might be a little easier this year.

Noah did great in 1st grade and we expect no different in second.  He really enjoys going to school and makes friends really easily.  His teacher this year seems a little more stern than his previous teachers.  He was kind of a teacher’s pet last year.  His teacher used to come to his hockey games.  That kind of impressed us.  During business day, when we get to meet his new teacher, she must have mentioned behavior and discipline requirements half a dozen times.  Noah’s worst offense is getting a little chatty every now and then so I don’t expect much of a problem.

Noah’s hockey career is still developing along nicely.   He was in the “rookie” house league all of last year and was one of the top players in the league.  Something happened in the last third of the year where his skating and stick handling became much, much better.    I mentioned in an earlier post that he tried out for a development travel team and was asked to play up with the regular travel team.  That was a bit of a surprise but so far has been working out really well.  He has been on the ice for a practice or a camp 2-3 times a week all summer.  The additional ice time along with more advanced coaching and trying to keep up with the big guys is really going to improve his game.  It already has.  The Bears have their first game this Saturday.  Not sure how much ice time he’ll see, but he should see a little.  Look for regular posts about how the season goes.

As Noah gets older he is starting to want his privacy a little more.  There is not a lot of privacy to be had in our household so that is something we are still working on.  I think one of the reasons he likes school so much is he gets to be around kids other than his 4 siblings.  With that said, he is still a pretty good big brother especially to his little sister.

Tomorrow’s post…  Back to School – Day 2 – Andrew.

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