Halloween

So we're kind of still waiting to see what happens here on Halloween tomorrow, but we've made plans nonetheless. We're doing kind of a progressive party with the other Graded families with younger kids here at the Portal. We'll do drinks and snacks one place (with candy for the kids), then dinner at our place (with candy for the kids), then dessert at another place (with candy for the kids), then any makeshift trick-or-treating that might exist here (???).

So if I'd decided to take the coaching position this year, next week is the week I'd be out of the city in some other part of Brazil coaching in a 4-day tournament. It's been a long semester though, and I don't think we'd have made it to this point having as much fun and sanity if I'd been coaching all along. So no regrets. Maybe next year though....or maybe not. Time will tell. This is also the week that our school is beginning to advertise teaching positions for next year, as teachers who are moving on after this year have made their plans known. The first step in the process is to allow Graded teachers to move to new positions within the school. Although I'm more than happy in my position now, Abby has an opportunity to consider a different position. It's similar to the Reading Specialist position she had a few years ago, in that she wouldn't have a class of her own. She'd be providing academic assistance and supplementation to students who need it. So she's grappling with that decision. She does like her 3rd grade position, but she's never taught the same thing for more than two consecutive years in her career....perhaps she's starting to start a trend of switching EVERY year? Time will tell on that one too.

In the meantime, all is well with the kiddos for the most part. Noah did miss his first day of school today because he's had a little fever, but nothing major. More of a defensive move against him being sick for Halloween tomorrow. And Sophie just got back from swimming lessons, so it's time for me to run.

Hope all is well with everyone at home. Love to all.