September was a rather busy month for us as we made the adjustment to our new “school schedule”. Setting an alarm to make sure Hank is up by a certain time was certainly new for us. Preschool began at 9am, 2 days a week but Kindergarten begins at 7:45am every day so its been quite the adjustment and bed time is no longer negotiable on school nights. Still, while its been different, its also been very good.
Hank is thriving at school. He absolutely loves it! We had him take a break from Kung Fu lessons this month to help support his transition to a more full schedule (let’s face it, he just picked up a full time job! 35 hours of his week are now spoken for with school hours alone) but he’s continued with his violin lessons and has been enjoying learning some new songs. Hank really likes his Kindergarten teacher and has made several friends at school. He’s also been enjoying going to PE, Art and Music at school. When we ask him what his favorite thing about school is, his reply is usually “All of it!!!” We hope he feels this way about school for a very, very long time. 🙂 The weather has been typical of Texas this time of year, mostly warm and sunny with the occasional chilly rain storm. Since its been so warm out, Hank has enjoyed getting to play at splash pads with friends after school on a semi-regular basis which has been very fun for him.
Sarah met her class and the school year officially began for her preschool class this month. Things have been going very well there. Tyler went to China for work this month. All went well in China and he had a very safe trip. While Tyler was not in China for the Harvest Moon Festival (he got there a few days after the festival), the Asian American Cultural Center here in town hosted a Harvest Moon Festival celebration while Tyler was on his trip to China. Hank and Mommy had fun checking it out and enjoyed lots of traditional music and dancing. Since it is not only a Chinese holiday, there were a variety of Asian communities represented. Hank was both fascinated with and terrified by the taiko drummers from Japan but his favorite performances by far were a traditional Chinese dance done with a fan and a concert with traditional Chinese instruments. He was positively transfixed by a trio made up of pipa (like a lute), zheng (like a zither only with way more strings) and flute (very similar to Irish flute, no pads, only holes). It really was gorgeous.
Despite having a full month, we didn’t really take many photos. Here are a few we did manage to take and we’ll try harder next month to capture some of our adventures. 🙂
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