I have officially joined the masses. Natalie is going to a “real” school tomorrow from 9am all the way to 3:30pm! What will I do without her? 🙁

Remember when I mentioned being on a waiting list for a Montessori school? That’s the charter school that happened to have an opening….Swan River Montessori (it’s named after the numerous Swans that migrate to the nearby Mississippi).

She is very excited…and nervous. So I guess anxious really. Her biggest worry: meeting friends. I thought school was about learning…I forget it’s so much more about friends at this age! I told her all she has to do is be a friend to make friends…which will be no trouble for my sweet girl.
Within a couple hours of receiving the call this morning Natalie had already picked out her “first day of school outfit” complete with matching necklace, dusted off her backpack, and gathered pencils and markers to be all prepared.

She keeps saying “I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that I’m actually going to school there.”

Bobby was a bit sad….they’re the best of friends and he’s bummed he’ll be “stuck” with us all day. But I’m excited for the one-on-one time I’ll get with him. (And who knows…we may get a call tomorrow that he’s in–sibling preference you know….)