What a day to start school, 09/09/09! Claremont was one of the last districts in the area to go back to school. Some districts have already been back for a month! You might say the day was bitter sweet. I was looking forward to having a quiet house again, but wasn't ready for all of the chaos that comes with school: huge packets of paperwork, homework, projects, lunches to pack, etc. The hardest part though came a few days before school started. We were walking back home from the school after checking the class postings and Makenna said, "We're both upper graders now!" I about collapsed into tears. How could they both be
upper graders? Where had the time gone? Weren't we just here for kindergarten orientation a few days ago? Yet, somehow, the years passed because Makenna started 4th grade and Kiley (are you ready for this?) started 6th grade!!! It's her last year in elementary school. Despite the lightning speed passing of time, I'm proud to be where we're at. Our daughters are GOOD girls! We couldn't be more proud of them! They both do very well in school and are such giving, polite and sweet children. Okay, they do have their bad days, but overall, I can't complain!
upper graders? Where had the time gone? Weren't we just here for kindergarten orientation a few days ago? Yet, somehow, the years passed because Makenna started 4th grade and Kiley (are you ready for this?) started 6th grade!!! It's her last year in elementary school. Despite the lightning speed passing of time, I'm proud to be where we're at. Our daughters are GOOD girls! We couldn't be more proud of them! They both do very well in school and are such giving, polite and sweet children. Okay, they do have their bad days, but overall, I can't complain! 
Of course, John was at work and wasn't able to walk them to school on the first day, but he surprised us in the morning, by getting up extra early to buy donuts and left them in the kitchen with a nice note for the girls. Can you say "sugar rush" on the first day of school? Oh h
ow happy they were though. Both girls got their first picks for teachers. Kiley has Ms. De Leon and Makenna has Kiley's former teacher, Mrs. Douglass. Both are excellent teachers. :) As we walked up to the school, Kiley's best friend, Amanda, found us just before we were going to cross the street to the school. We barely made it on campus when Makenna found her best friend, Brooke. All 4 of them acted like they hadn't seen each other forever even though they were all just at Adventure Mountain together 3 weeks before! They lined up in their proper lines, got greeted by their teachers, followed by a greeting by their principle. Before I knew it, their teachers were leading them to their classrooms. I had secretly (it's really no surprise, I do this every year) packed notes in their lunches reminding them how much we love them and how proud we are to be their parents and of course a Bible verse for encouragement. I smiled at lunch time knowing they were reading their notes. It's official: summer is over and we now have 2 upper graders!
ow happy they were though. Both girls got their first picks for teachers. Kiley has Ms. De Leon and Makenna has Kiley's former teacher, Mrs. Douglass. Both are excellent teachers. :) As we walked up to the school, Kiley's best friend, Amanda, found us just before we were going to cross the street to the school. We barely made it on campus when Makenna found her best friend, Brooke. All 4 of them acted like they hadn't seen each other forever even though they were all just at Adventure Mountain together 3 weeks before! They lined up in their proper lines, got greeted by their teachers, followed by a greeting by their principle. Before I knew it, their teachers were leading them to their classrooms. I had secretly (it's really no surprise, I do this every year) packed notes in their lunches reminding them how much we love them and how proud we are to be their parents and of course a Bible verse for encouragement. I smiled at lunch time knowing they were reading their notes. It's official: summer is over and we now have 2 upper graders!
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