School Days

What a week!

The girls started school this week, and they love it! We love it too, because they are wiped out and sleep like babies at night.

Monday evening, we had a little back to school party... the girls got their favorite dinner (spaghetti) and we had sparkling apple cider and cupcakes. It was lots of fun, and in the middle of dinner, Sophia said "I have the BEST family!" So sweet.

Each of the girls got a special "treasure" as a good luck token - they were in awe of these giant diamonds ;)

After dinner, we all worked together on a scrapbook of all of our summer pictures. This is still a work in progress, but it was a fun way to remember all the fun we had over the summer.

Here is Sophia on Tuesday - her first day of school.

She will be going to pre-K five mornings a week. They are finished by 11:30, which is a nice transition before Kindergarten next year, when she'll be in school a full school day. Sophia loves her teacher, Ms. Bonnie, and all of her friends. When I asked her Wednesday afternoon whether she had a good day at school, she said "Nope. I had a GREAT day. That's better than good!"

And here is Amelia on Wednesday - her first day of school.

She will be going three mornings a week. She loves her teacher Ms. Susan and all of her new little friends. She's been very proud and happy every day, and as I said, extremely worn out. One of the things I love most about our school is that come rain or shine, hot or cold, they get the kids outside and onto the playground. They also have music every day and do lots of art. There will be many years of sitting at a desk ahead, and I'm so happy that the girls getting a fun, creative, and active introduction to school.

Sophia also started dance class. (Sorry for the crummy picture - it was muggy out that day, and my camera fogged up!)

She'll be going to tap one afternoon and ballet another afternoon. I love that the classes are only 30 minutes long - plenty long enough for a four year old! My rule is that each of the kids get one after-school activity a year, starting at three. Next year, we'll start Amelia in gymnastics (like Sophia did last year), and Sophia thinks she wants to try soccer after dance. The only exception is we'll start piano lessons when they turn five, but those don't count because they're at our house. I'm determined not to become a chauffeur! Plus I just think kids should come home from school, have a snack, and play in the backyard. Not to mention the piles of homework they all get now. Or at least that's what I hear... I've got a couple of years before I have to worry about that!

As for me, I'm still struggling with lots of fatigue and migraines. But I'm SO excited for my ultrasound tomorrow, because if the baby cooperates, we might find out whether we've got a brother or a sister in there!