Bye, Bye, summer!

Well, the time has come. Summer flew by in a flash and here

we are getting back into the swing of school. I have always

loved back to school time though. And the girls have been

super excited. I love school supplies too, so forgive me as I

seem to take very similar pictures every year.

Paris chose a plain pencil box so she could decorate it herself.

And Evey picked the largest amount of color pencils we

could find, she takes after her daddy, loves color.

They each have a letter key chain that has a home on each

new backpack every year.

Instead of an open house a few days before school,

they decided to have it on the first day of school.

So in true (Amy)Lindsey fashion, we were running late,

but it didn't matter because the open house went until

10. So we showed up a little late. Signed up for PTA,

got sweatshirts, showed Paris the lunch room (she is

super excited to get to eat lunch at school this year) and

signed up for choir. Then we went to Paris classroom

and met her teacher. She is a choir director and so because

I worked with the choir last year I knew her and was really

excited for Paris, she is wonderful.

While we were signing up for class room help and party

treats, a boy came in the room and saw Paris and called

out her name. It was Boston, the boy she (and ALL of the

other girls) thought was cute last year. She got the biggest

smile, got super shy and sort of hid behind me for a second.

I could barley contain my laughter. She recovered quickly

though and went about her business. She signed her name

on a tag and got to pick her own desk, which she is so excited

to have this year! She is sitting next to one of her friends.

Other names blocked for their safety

Evey is lucky enough to have her teacher from last

year, who is absolutely AMAZING, move up with

them to 5th grade. We got a note during the summer

telling us that she would be moving up and wondering

if Evey would like to be in her class again. OF COURSE!

A few of her other friends, who weren't in Mrs. Terry's

class last year were able to get in too, but otherwise

her class mates are the same. This year the curriculum

is the 50 states.

I have never seen a teacher put sooo much of their

own money into everything for the class room. Her

furniture is not of the school variety. Like, black

counter height table with matching stools for

conferences and centers, Red wood with star cut

out bookshelves. It's like walking into a boutique

with all of her decorations and furniture. She had

3 notbooks (red, white and blue of course), a

custom covered journal, a fully stocked pencil box

and a US puzzle for each kid waiting for them on

their desk. Fun for them to pass the time until the

bell rang.

They have had a fabulous first and second day of school.

Paris has been assigned to wear the color of the day for

the first two weeks, which she loves. The first day was red

(pink had to do, since that is what she had on) and Yellow

was today. Tomorrow is blue....her outfit is set out and ready

for the morning. Evey has taken to dressing cute and

accessorizing. We bought a bunch of jewelry and that is one

of her new favorite nightly rituals, to pick out her outfit and

all the accessories to go with it.

Good luck in school girls!