We drove up North and spent time with Hunter's family before going to see mine. Our time in Virginia was great---very relaxed, no stress and we enjoyed visiting with his nephew and his family who were visiting from out of town. His sister also does a Friday Family Night dinner which was so fun. They were celebrating his other nephew's dinner. Sunshine was beyond thrilled to see her little cousin H & his new baby sister O. The best part was getting to hold O. She told O's mom that she would do better with her as opposed to the time she dropped Hunter's brother's son. In her defense, she was only 4. She also loved going to see Poplar Forest.
We enjoyed beautiful weather & a lovely time in VT. Dinner on the lake with friends, boat rides at sunset, lots of day trips (Ft. Ticonderoga & Saratoga) with my mom. We were about an hour away from home when I realized I'd left our passports behind so no Canada trip. This time. I have to remember to bring them from now on!
We spent the last couple weeks enjoying the pool before school started.
So, Sunshine is a 5th grader at SuperAwesomeSchool. While part of me is excited that she's in her final year, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sad as well. We've had a great experience at SuperAwesomeSchool. She had a rough couple days when she first started but it's hard to start mid-year. She's adapted beautifully & truly has thrived.
She and her friends were the first crew to start off on the morning announcements. Another area where she has thrived! Most kids love being the announcers and Sunshine is no different but she truly loved being the director! And got high praise from SuperBookatarian for her work.
The first full week there was a monkey wrench thrown in. Sunshine was with her BFF Haylee in Mrs. T's class. We requested Mrs. T & while the girls were bummed that their 2 other pals were in Mr. W's class, at least they were together.
Long story short, there was a schedule conflict for several students needing extra help so 7 kids from Mrs. T's were pulled & exchanged with 7 kids from Mr. W's class.
The tears in the hallway, people!! I thought Sunshine & Haylee were going to hit the ground crying. It was awful. The principal told them "but you're together with E & P again!" Didn't matter. They wouldn't be in Mrs. T's homeroom.
Things got easier over the weekend & I'm proud to say they have both adapted beautifully. Somehow I knew they would. Mr. W. told me his only problem was that the 4 girls wanted to sit together. But if he let them, he'd have to let 4 boys who are known troublemakers sit together. Apparently both groups were allowed to change desks. Guess whose desks haven't been moved #Sweetgirls
I'm a week out from my final 3 book fair. I have a co-chair this year so that will be a good thing. She's got great ideas, is a hard worker & is very creative. And her OCD is on par with mine. I feel good about her taking over when I'm gone.
Sunshine is back taking ballet & goes 3x a week. We're still trying ot adjust to the schedule but she is loving it. And I love hearing her say all these French terms as she practices.
