LETS GET READY TO RUMMMMBBBLEEE.. a new school year!

FIRST GRADER in the house!!!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS... she's a first grader.
I can hardly believe that my little girl is a first grader.... I can't stand it. Today was "Meet the Teacher Day".. actually I forgot to get a photo with the teacher.. but we'll have lots of time for that, I'm sure.

Today Mary Kate had her first 'unofficial' day as a first grader. It was BIG FUN. We met her teacher, saw her class room and got to take a few new students on a tour of the building. Mary was in her GLORY meeting the other kids and being the "kid in the know". She LOVED it.

She was hysterical though, because she whips out her trusty notebook from her PINK HELLO KITTY back pack (thanks AUNT AIMEE...we love it) and starts writing down the names of EVERY CHILD IN THE ROOM... HYSTERICAL. I told the teacher she may want to check with Mary Kate to see if anyone is absent tomorrow. I have no doubt she'll be a GREAT first grader. She is already reading so well.

It is always hard for me to go be in the school knowing how much I love teaching and how much I'd love go back... BUT not enough to actually GO BACK. I just kept thinking the whole time if I were still working a "regular j0b" today would have been so stress full having to have all my kids in my classroom and knowing that Mary would have to come to school with a grandparent or go back to day care after. Instead.. we and some friends went to brunch and worked on a project for the school. They had a ball.

It is going to be such an exciting new school year. Claire starts pre k next week. She'll go twice a week for a few hours each day. I am still a bit skeptical, wanting her to be there more... she is so ready.. but know that she needs to be where her age puts her. Where Mary is the youngest in the class room, Claire will be the oldest. This will put them three years apart in school instead of the two we'd hoped for... but that is all good. Who wants two college tuitions for two years, right?

The girls are going to do so well being together in the same school we are so excited. Claire is already excited to know that she has two friends in her class.

Tomorrow is the first BIG BIG DAY.. so we will gear up for that tonight after our soccer meeting... time to pick a team!!!!! HERE WE GO .... FALL IS HERE!!!! The madness begins!