Transition is on!

Boys' meet the teacher was Tuesday night.  They have no idea what's going on.  It's going to be a lot like church, where they have a safe place to play, good people to watch after them, and they'll get used to it.  Hopefully, they'll learn some things, even though they're only going 1 day a week.  Structure, craft-time, how to play well with others - all of these things, I hope they'll learn and embrace. 

Gracie's meet the teacher was last night.  It's so much different - looking at a kindergarten class, meeting the teacher, seeing the way the room is set up, the other kids - it's just not the same as pre-K.  Mrs. Brown is her teacher and she seems like a good one.  I'm happy for Gracie because I think it's the right place for her to be this year.  I pray that she'll continue to grow and learn and excel in the situations she finds herself in.  She's a good girl, well-mannered, smart, inquisitive - I anticipate those qualities will get stronger over the next year and she'll continue to be the leader that she is.

Tonight, we gave her her first haircut.

She loves it!  She looks clean and cute.  That long hair was just ratty and long. 

Tomorrow, we're taking her out for a special day with mommy and daddy.  We'll take her to eat wherever she wants and then take her ice-skating.  She picked that over everything else.  It will be an awesome time.

This is a big transition so we're trying to enjoy it for everything it is, make it about Gracie (and the boys in their case), not about us, and trust that we'll get through it all.  I know we will.  And we'll do our best to have fun through it all.