Kate has been at home all week as we celebrated her transition from Preschool to Real School. Summer camp was over so that her teachers could get back to their classrooms this past week and get prepared for school to start on Monday(the 24th!)
Kate and I spent the week together having a blast! And in the middle of the fun (see blog entry below from Splashway) we had to stop and take care of some Kindergarten logistics:
1. School supply shopping (after visiting 4 stores we FINALLY got everything on her school supply list!!).
2. Her monogrammed back pack came in the mail finally. She picked out the cutest brown and pink ribbon backpack and matching lunch box on the Internet a few weeks ago and we had it monogrammed with her name. I also bought a backpack for Wesley since he will be starting PreK next year and will need a backpack at that point..plus, he is at the age now where if his sister has something he needs one too or the entire world stops moving!!! So to avoid the world stopping, he got a cute backpack. However, once HIS backpack got here, Kate suddenly realized that SHE want the same backpack as HIM. So, her cute brown and pink backpack will be used to tote things to grandma's and MiMi and PaPa's and in the next week or so we will be getting a new coordinating backpack (it won't coordinate with her lunch box anymore but it WILL coordinate with the LITTLE MAN!) No one ever said girls are easy!?!?!
3. We found this ritzy little boutique in Victoria that monograms the cutest things (note: I didn't find the shop until AFTER I had already ordered items mentioned in #2 above and paid for shipping- nice, huh?) This little boutique also has the cutest nap mat covers and matching pillows. Kate hasn't taken a nap since she was 2 so I didn't want to invest a lot of money into something she really won't get much use out of b/c this is the last year she has to have 'quiet time' in school. So secretly I was hoping she'd pick something gender neutral..and she did. She picked Wall-E. Which of course Wesley loves too. So next year this will be passed down to the little man since he is quite the napper (I think Wesley will nap into adulthood - he's going to be just like that coworker we have all have had where you can't find them for a portion of the day and you just know they are taking a nap-yep, that will be Wesley!)
4. On Thursday Night we attended Vision Night at Faith Academy. Vision Night allows parents and students at FA to visit the child's classroom and meet the teacher. Kate got to meet Ms. Cox, her teacher. Ms. Cox is a Faith Academy alumni, graduated from college in 3 years, super enthusiastic, bubbly, cute and exactly what Kate needs as she begins this journey. Kate is going to love her. We also got to meet Kate's classmates and the boys will definitely outnumber the girls (same as in Wesley's class where there are 7 boys and 1 girl!).
At Vision Night, parents also sign a school covenant where we as parents promise to partner with the school and church through prayers, service and communication so that we can build an amazing Christ-centered learning environment. I am very proud that Justin and I can provide this opportunity for our children. It's been a priority of ours since our world's changed forever on Oct. 8, 2004!
I am excited to begin this journey! Justin and I can't believe this time is already here!
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