First Day of School

Today is the first day of school at AIC!! Kids were all up and dressed before 7:00 ready to go. Each of them were super-excited to meet their new friends and get started with the year. Their grades got shifted around a bit here, so Ryan is in 1st grade, Liam is in 2nd grade and Elizabeth is in 4th grade. Emily is teaching 5th grade. Erik is helping with PE, lunch and the website, among other things.

We’re here and settled in! The kids have adjusted amazingly well. They were total troopers about walking all around town for the first 2 weeks, as we were without transportation. Luckily we got our pasolas (scooters) last Monday.

Our house is great- even closer to the ocean than we’d thought. We spend a lot of time upstairs on the balcony where the breeze is nice and the view is even better. It has been crazy hot here, even by Dominican standards. We’ve been to the beach several times already, which everybody really enjoys. There are a few different beaches about 10-20 minutes away in either direction. Our favorite is Playa Diamante, where you can walk out a couple hundred yards and the water is still at waist-level. I’ve been busy at teacher training. The first official day for students to come to school is August 26. Still waiting for the internet at our house, so getting access to update the blog has been tough. Street power has been out quite a bit, so we have had some hot nights with no fans (not to mention losing everything in the fridge) - of course, if the heat doesn't keep you up in the night, then the all the crazy barking dogs will!!

We will post pictures soon.