Last Thursday we got to go on a tour of Emily's school for next year. We met the principal and one of the kindergarten teachers gave us a typical rundown of a school day. They broke us up into groups and a tour guide took us to the cafeteria, car pool line, bus line, music room, art room, future science lab, showed the kids where the playground is, peeked into 1 of the kindergarten classrooms, and Emily's favorite: the computer lab. They have 1100 students in K-5th grade with 9 kindergarten classes. I like the layout of the school because each grade has their own hallway. The classroom itself had 5 computers in it and our guide (which happened to be our across the street neighbor) told us that the students will do some of their reading and math lessons on a computer. It's the teacher's way of keeping up with how much each student is really learning. Kindergarten sure has come a long way since I went to the YMCA from 8-12 : ) This Thursday I will take Emily to a skills assessment so they can have something to go on when trying to place all the kindergartners in their class for the fall. I introduced myself to the principal and even signed up for a couple of volunteer slots with the PTA. I might as well jump in with both feet right! The PTA president also spoke with us and told us what all they have purchased for the school thru their events and fund raising and spoke highly of how involved all the parents are with the PTA. So I'm excited about where Emily and soon Abigail will be going to school.
I've been on a sewing kick the last couple of weeks so here is what Emily wore on her school tour. This was fabric my neighbor gave me because she decided not to use it:
I dropped Abigail off early to ride with a friend to school so Emily and I could go together on the school tour. It was really nice getting to share that time with just her.
I also finished these pillow case dresses last night and they wore them to school today:
You wouldn't know from the sweet picture above that we all had melt downs this morning before school. Some mornings everybody just decides to be stinkers and fight about everything. A mom can only take so much . . . .
It's also been fun to see Emily wearing some of the outfits Dee Dee made for Sarah:
She gave me the leftover fabric from this outfit so I'm working on a dress for Abigail to match.
Dee Dee also made both of these dresses. Sarah wore the purple flower dress and Emily wore the dress Abigail is wearing.
Here is Emily wearing the same dress for Easter in 2009:
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