First Day of Third Grade

I am slowly, but surely, catching up. The first day of school was actually two weeks ago, but here is the update...
Third grade. Geez. Where does the time go? Elijah was excited and scared. I tried to tell him that his feeling was totally normal. I kept reassuring him that there would be other "new kids" in his class... this is an Army base, for heaven's sake... there are kids coming and going all the time. Well, I was mistaken. He came home and proudly informed me,

"You were wrong, Momma. I was the ONLY person in my class who was NOT at this school last year."

What are the chances?!? Oh well. He wasn't thrilled about it, but he's doing just fine. He made a friend really quickly, and he doesn't seem to be bothered by being "new" anymore. I am hoping that everything will be "challenging" enough for him. Last year's teacher and class motivated and pushed him (a lot), and we soon learned that he savors a challenge. Time will tell, and I am giving things a few weeks to get settled. Then I'll turn into that rude, obnoxious parent who demands that their "brilliant child prodigy" be placed in a college-level class!!! Just kidding. I taught school just long enough to learn to distrust anything those parents said. And to run when I saw them coming. If anyone sees Elijah's teacher zoom by, please let me know.