On Wednesday, March 4th, the boys officially started their second year of school in Chile. Emerson began 2nd grade and Avery began 1st. About a week before we drove back to Santiago, Drew and I asked the boys if they were excited to begin school, and they both answered "What?!?! We're staying in Santiago for another year and are doing another year of school? Yay! We get to see our friends again!" Apparently they thought we were just going to live permanently in the van forever? This is our life now! Jajaja. I suppose we forgot to tell them our master plan that the trip was only for the summer? I dunno, but Drew and I cracked up. Needless to say, they were excited to go back to school.
The start of school also means the start of school birthday parties. Two weeks in, we've already have a birthday party each weekend. And we'll miss another while we're on our trip to Costa Rica. The birthday parties are a love hate thing for me. I love getting to reconnect with the parents; it's like a built in social life. Since the classes remain exactly the same, we already know all of the kids and all of the parents, which is great. We don't have to start from ground zero again. But the piñatas and the candy I could definitely live without. One of the parties had a magician that literally pulled a rabbit from a hat. Well, from a tin pan.
The boys are going to start talleres (after school activities) in April. Avery will be doing violin again as well as sculpture. Emerson will be doing Arts and Crafts and Chess. They will also be starting rugby twice a week after school on the AllBrads, a team affiliated with the school, hence the name.
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