First Day of School

We organized our school desks and books for the coming year, does that count as a day of "schooling"? The twins traded seats from last year and sharpened their pencils. I am resigned to taking the phonics and cursive charts off the wall as everyone has "grown up" now. Dorito upgraded to a high-school desk calendar and syllabus. He also followed our family tradition and opened his own checking account this afternoon. It comes with a debit card, a sure sign of power to any teen. It's his money from his lawn-mowing, violin teaching, and hockey refereeing. Meggar chose her elective credits herself, and I think she feels more in control of her senior year. She is waiting to hear back from the college French department whether she can dual enroll for the fall. She promises that Domitille will help her practice conversations over the Skype telephone every week.