School and More Friends From AZ!

Well, here we are, the time has come for school to begin.  After much thought, plans, cancelled plans, we are ready.  Let me give a little background here.....
Little Miss's school is one of the last holdouts in the area for all day Kindergarten, this has troubled me from day 1. Not because I want her gone all day, or need the day care (although I did need that) but because I thought she needed all day K. So, starting in the spring, Frank and I visited private schools, we talked to teachers at her pre-school, and we researched. We decided the best thing to do was a "wrap-around" program that her preschool offered.  Essentially this would be all day K..but all that busing to and from all these places concerned me.  Another issue was Frank was finally supposed to be put on the day shift, which meant, we needed more than 2.5 hrs a day of coverage, if I was going to work.  But in  August, after being promised for a year, Frank's employer told him they need him on 2nd for another year.  At first, not happy, then we realized, that we will not have to do the wrap around program, saving money. We spoke to the school, and they explained that the children in K will not be starting from scratch, those who don't know the basics will be identified, and given extra schooling so that they get up to speed.  This made me feel a whole lot better about half day! In fact, it all seemed to fall in place perfectly! She actually is getting more schooling simply because she is going 5 days a week!  Phew.  Life is good! 

We also had some company for her first day of school!  Mel and Ross were here to help us send her off!  How appropriate!  They've been there since the very very beginning of journey.  Made the Day very special..despite the hangover we might have had from the Sunday festivities...ahem..that's another blog post. 

And there my baby goes!!!!