First Day of School

Scary. I am now the parent of a kindergartner. School is so intense. There are so many committees and volunteer things and I am now a member of the PTA and it is freaking me out. London of course did awesome. She didn't even want me to come with her on the first day. She saw one of her friends from preschool on the playground before school started and they chased each other all over and had a great time. Her teacher is incredible. London met her once the week before school started and she remembered her name and came up to talk to her out on the playground before school started. I really really like her and I really like Canyon Rim.

Pyper started preschool as well. I really hope that her teacher is ready for her. She is so darn stubborn. Parents go with the kids on the first day and she didn't want to do anything but play with the toys. She had already scoped them out when London went there and knew exactly what she wanted to play with and she didn't want me to come and she didn't want to leave. I will just hope that she is better when I am not around. Miss Kristi is an awesome teacher so I am sure she can handle her. Here are some pics from the kids first day.




Lining up for class.

Backpacks on and ready to go.

Choosing a School

So as many of you know, London starts kindergarten next year and it is really freaking me out. Not only do I have a 5 year old, but now I have to figure out what school would be best for her and I have to find out all these application deadlines and it is pretty scary. There is no way she is going to the school in the neighborhood. They bus in problem kids and I don't think that there is a lot of parent involvment at that school. I have looked into some schools farther east and we put in a window application to Rose Crest and Eastwood which are both in Granite School District. Yesterday I went to an open house at Canyon Rim Academy which is a charter school a few miles east of here. It was so cute! It reminded me of my own elementary school. They are an art based school and there were copies of famous painting down each hall and tons of art projects and supplies. They had all the kids art projects hanging up in the hallways. All of the staff were super nice and the class rooms and school were really clean. I was way impressed. The kids have to wear uniforms, which I think is a good thing, but I will miss buying cute school clothes. They use the Core Knowledge Sequence for their curriculum which looks really good. Anyway, they have a lottery to decide who gets in and I will find out in the next 2 to 4 weeks so wish me luck!