The First Week of School

This was a much anticipated first day/week of school. I don't think the girls were a nervous as I was. We shopped for all of their school supplies and some new clothes before we left Texas. Unfortunately, we only found the box with the school supplies - no new clothes - before school started Tuesday. We shopped a bit over the Labor Day weekend for clothes and shoes. This is the first time in three years that the girls are at different schools and I am not at school too. While Maddie's school is right around the corner (the local public school), Jordan was accepted to the much sought-after I.B. middle school nearly 20 minutes away. The first day was great for Maddie - she loves her "very pretty" teacher and even made a couple of friends. Jordan's week got better with each day. She is still trying to work out the locker thing and getting from class to class within the five minutes allotted.

I, however, thought I would have soooooo much time to unpack while they are at school. The time goes by quickly since I have to leave at 1:45 to pick Madison up and then we have to get right over to Jordan's school in order to get a parking spot in front of the building where she can find us when she is dismissed at 3:15 p.m. It's funny that Jordan was exited to have homework on the first day. Madison luckily hasn't had any homework yet and has enjoyed getting home and going out to play with the neighborhood kids (mostly Zach) - something that didn't happen in Texas because of the late hour we would arrive home from school.