Back to school

is always exhilirating (how do you spell that?). I think the kids had an ok day. Sam was exhausted as evidenced by the napping on the couch he was engaged in when I got home from work. We just got back from a marathon school supply shopping trip so each of them is now sufficiently bindered and dividered for at least a month...

They actually have a class together -- ceramics although they are in different levels. I don't know if this means they are strictly relegated to opposite sides of the room or whether there is actual sibling communication. Perhaps I will learn something as the semester goes on.

I had a great first day. It feels good to be back in the routine of teaching and just generally having the school year structure.