First Day of School - First Grade!

Katie's a first-grader now and today was her first day at school. She's going to the same school she attended last year, so she's with many of her same friends and she's actually going to have the same teacher again this year. We're happy about that since she's a wonderful educator and Katie adores her. Katie is especially excited about school starting up again because now she can see her boyfriend every day. They fell in love last year and even though they did not see each other all summer, their love seems to have survived the separation. She's quite smitten with him, as you will see in the pictures below...

Katie "posing" for the obligatory first-day-of-school photo on the front porch.

Katie and her boyfriend found each other within minutes of arriving at school!

Katie sitting in her classroom at her desk.

Katie and her teacher.

Katie's "2nd" First Day of Kindergarten

This is turning out to be a time of transition for us, the most recent development being our move back to Seattle from Portland. Regina got laid off from her job that had required her to relocate to Portland. Our housing there was a rental and our house here in Seattle didn't sell, so we are now back in our home in the Seattle area! She'll look for employment here so we don't have to worry about selling the house and moving.

Fortunately, we were able to get Katie admitted into Chestnut Hill Academy in Bellevue. Last winter, we had applied there (as well as to Catlin Gable in Portland) just in case we ended up back here. And here we are! Katie's first day was Monday, October 5. She missed about a month of classes here, but it shouldn't be a problem. Although we LOVED Catlin Gable and will miss being part of their community, we are very pleased with our choice of school here. We had toured it last year during an open house and discovered it is an amazing school.

Katie's First Day of Kindergarten

Our baby Katie is a Kindergartner! She was excited, but admitted she was nervous. She's worried about not remembering names the first day.

I packed her a lunch today, for the first time. She requested turkey roll-up for lunch, so that's what I made. She also got yogurt, milk and red grapes. Her morning snack is, per her request, strawberry cereal (bite-size shredded wheat with strawberry-flavored coating).

At about 8:30, the teacher had to remind all the lingering parents that it was time to go. She and her assistant already had the kids busy with a small project.

Their school day is over at 1:30pm, which will take some getting used to because preschool went to 6pm! I'm going to miss all that extra time I used to have to get things done.