Back To School Rules

Our first back to school days went great! Actually, we only had one technical back to school girl and that was Zoe! She started 2nd grade this year! Geez, having her growing up on me is going faster than I ever imagined. Akela had an excellent very first day of Pre-K! Both of the girls are very excited about learning new things and making new friends this year! Zoe was happy to find out that a few of her classmates from last year were in her class this year too and Akela said she made new friends but can't remember their names. Ahhh and so it begins! I can't wait to see all the cool projects that they come home with and I can't wait to see Akela come out of her shell! She is such a shy girl! Zoe was only bummed about one thing... her teacher sent her home with homework on the first day! Oh, Zoe there will be many more years of the same like. I hope she gets used to it!

Me? You ask? Well I am enjoying one on one time with Sonya and I just can't wait for Fall to arrive! Apple picking, leaves changing colors, pumpkin patches, roasting pumpkin seeds and nuts, hay rides, jumping in huge piles of raked up fallen leaves, Halloween, steam rising from my coffee as I take Akela to school and walk Zoe to the bus stop on brisk and crisp mornings, the smell of burning leaves and smoke sifting up through chimneys, mums in pots at my doorstep, birds uprooting from our gutter and leaving their nests, bugs dying, no more weed pulling in the garden, football season, Thanksgiving Day feasts.... I could go on forever! There are just so many reasons why I love Fall!

All set and ready to board the bus!


We have 6 different buses that circle through our development within the time span of 10 minutes and the kids at our bus stop are shipped off to 4 different elementary schools! I'm so glad I remembered to look at her papers with her bus information and number! Hopefully we will never ever get confused! I do not understand this new busing system that is supposed to save money in the schools transportation budget whatsoever!

Zoe is looking a little worried getting on, but....

there she goes, she was fine!


Akela was very excited as we pulled up to her very first school!

They have a pull up and drop off your kids system where the teachers escort the children into the school and they have them line up in the cafeteria with an aide. When all the children for Pre-K are present, the teacher walks her group to their classroom.


Akela "being back to school cool!"

Akela's escort on her first day was her principal!


In she goes, no separation anxiety in sight!!!!

Happy back to school everyone!