Real School!

My girls have been wanting to go to 'real' school for most of their childhood. And, the idea of someone else doing all those lesson plans and correcting all those papers sounded pretty good to me too! So, last Tuesday, their 'dreams came true'. Ally started 4th grade at the same school where I attended 4th grade. And Daisy started 6th grade at the same school where her dad attended 6th grade!

Aunt Jess and Grandma were 'school shopping heroes'. They took the girls out, and in one day had everything on their list bought - and found some pretty sweet deals too! So, with new school supplies in hand, we took Ally to meet her teacher and choose her desk. The best part about Ally's class...her Fil-Am (Filipino American) teacher!


And for Daisy, well, it turns out that in middle school you get your own locker and you get to go from classroom to classroom depending on the subject! Yesterday we went to an open house at her school and met the tarantula in her science classroom (ick).


What's been great for me, as a mom sending her kids off to school for the first time ever, has been the staff. Ally's teacher and principal and vice principal have been amazingly helpful and supportive of Ally. They make us feel like she's the most important kid in the school.

And Daisy goes off to school under the guidance of our favorite math teacher from high school, who is now the vice principal at the middle school!

So, it's been a week of adjustments, a few tears, lots of stories and memories and overall a very exciting time!

And Neo and I, well, we're having fun driving everyone around in our mini-van, running errands, having coffee at Grandma's house, or just spending the day at home together!