Freshman and a mentor

Today was B's first day of school as a freshman at OPRF! Only freshmen attended today, along with the mentors who volunteer to make the Class of 2017 feel welcome at their new school. E got to be there with B so she was able to make sure everything went smoothly for him. His introduction to the school was sitting in Japanese with Sensei (who E has had for two years already and met B when we were hosting Ai in the spring). She likes to welcome the newbies by ranting at them in Japanese as they all look on clueless. Sensei pointed at B and yelled at him (in Japanese) for slouching and then motioned for him to sit up straighter, which then inspired the whole class to check their posture. E, who was told to socialize throughout the day, was sitting in on B's Japanese class and sensei told her afterward that B was snickering throughout her rant. He's going to have an interesting time in that class. His other classes were pretty uneventful. Here's a link the high school posted of the freshmen and their mentors dancing today.

Meanwhile, L has another week at home before she starts school. Today she had two neighborhood friends/sisters, E and B, over, as well as their cousin (surprise!) L slept over at their house last night and the gang arrived here about 9 a.m. The girls certainly kept busy. L gave away a lot of her toys as "prizes" to games she had them play. They gave the cats baths. They ate a pizza lunch. They baked a cake and divided the vanilla frosting into five bowls so they could create different colors. They tortured (I mean played) with the cats. They watched a few Dr. Who episodes. They decorated the cake while I ran out to pick up E from school because she got her golf equipment today. It looks great. The girls are coming back tomorrow and we're not supposed to eat the cake until they return. That may be difficult.

E has the same golf bag she had last year, but is most excited about having the varsity jacket back! After figuring out the girls' scores from tryouts, E is tied for second highest ranked player on the varsity team. She's happy with that and will have to work to keep her rank during the season.

Late this afternoon was the sixth-grade orientation/ice cream social. L picked up her ID (which they printed with her third-grade picture on it), her gym uniform, a form to be on the yearbook staff and information about the robotics club. We bought a pair of pink and black Julian pajama pants and a Julian T-shirt so she's set for spirit days. Best part of the night was the ice cream, of course.