Rewind: First DayS of School in NY

Wednesday, September 5th was the first day of school in our new state.It also happened to be Megan's 8th Birthday!

The girls were all nervous and excited to start school. Mostly because they were so bored all summer! Some were more nervous, others more excited...

My four girls on the front stoop.

She looks so much older than just a fifth-grader! She got a new haircut just the day before.

She was difficult to get to smile nicely, and not goofy. She was really happy it was her birthday!

Miranda was beyond excited to FINALLY start school, begin Kindergarten, to ride the bus, all these grown-up things.

I wanted a "measuring stick" so I took a picture in front of the garage. It was so sunny and bright, tho!

Just waiting.

After Zoë, Megan got on the bus and drove away, Miranda burst into tears and ran to the front step. I had to explain to her (again!) that the bus was going to come back and and pick up both of us and we would ride the bus to Kindergarten together this first day. She was slightly placated, and then was nervous again when we got to school and met her teacher. I don't think it was anything like what she was expecting.

Nica started preschool a week after her sisters did. After her being B-O-R-E-D at home with me for a week, she was SO ready to go to school! Super excited, and ready to go. I still remember when I told her later that week that she would get to go to Kindergarten "next fall". She was so excited that she wanted to tell her sisters right away.

Nope, not a mistake or a typo. See explanation below...

The girls did great in their new school and classes. The only thing was that every day Megan would come home, without homework (which was definitely NEW for me!) and said how boring everything was, that it was too easy. I wondered if it was just a start-of-year review, until the day she came home and mentioned that some of the kids in her class were just starting to read. Megan was not being challenged, and she was almost a year older than everybody in her class! (entrance for K in our area is the end of November!). After talking with my mother-in-law, and discussing it with Travis, I talked with Megan's teacher and the principle, and got her tested. She was just right for sliding into third grade. So, the Monday of the third week of classes, Megan started third grade!

All of the girls, even with their hiccups and fits, have done exceptionally well in their classes. Some are a little more challenged than others, but all of them are doing great- academically, socially, emotionally, etc.