I know, you’re thinking that this is the obligatory “back to school” post. Well, yes, and no. The Sublett children will mount their appointed Great Yellow Steeds for the trip back to the land of public education tomorrow, indeed. But there are some significant changes in the pattern this time around the sun.
Levi starts 9th grade. Yep, my son is a high school student. I spent more than 20 years as the pastor to some of the greatest high school students in the world (that right there is a true fact); now we’ll see if I know anything about being the dad of a high school student. He banged up his knee (strained ligament is the current diagnosis) Saturday in his first football scrimmage, so he’s a little gimpy for the first day.
Lilly will be on her own at the middle school, changing classes for the first time. She’s got to learn where all the rooms are, what she needs to carry from class to class…She spent her last day of freedom confined to the kitchen table, working on math homework that she had all summer to get done. Bummer. I think she might be a carrier of the Sublett procrastination gene. Sorry Lil…
Annabelle and Sadie are all geared up for their first day of 4th grade. They’ll be in the same class, and have the same teacher that Levi and Lilly had. This is a biggie for Annabelle–she’s never started a school year with us! She’s been shopping for back-to-school clothes, getting her backpack ready, sharpening pencils and arranging notebooks…
We had a blast a supper tonight, talking and laughing together, celebrating the end of the summer and the start of a new school season. Levi kept us in stitches, and at one point I thought Annabelle was going to blow her drink out her nose! She’s picked up on some of the family inside jokes, and leads into them just like she’s been part of our lives forever.
I wonder what they’ll look back on and remember as markers of their childhood. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils, the feel of new school shoes, the anticipation of making new friends, the challenges of learning new thoughts and principles…I think this is going to be a banner year at the Sublett Ranch!
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