Friday, August 31, 2007

first day of school


gracie's first day of school was this past wednesday. we have decided to send her to a magnet school for the arts in a neighboring town. she has a great love for the arts and her best friend attends this school. in fact, both her friend and her happen to wear matching outfits/uniforms (check it out here and then check this out too).

the first day was very long. i asked her to rate it on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being extremely crummy and 10 being absolutely fabulous. she gave it a 3. i was glad/relieved when she came home today in much better spirits and proclaimed that she would give it a 9. hopefully, she'll continue to settle in well. she does tend to enjoy school.

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3 comments:

chaffinclan said...

I'm happy that she gave her second day a 9. I guess when your first day is that bad, you have nowhere to go but up. I wish we could've gotten a picture of the girls together in their outfits. I wonder if they will start to coordinate their outfits on purpose!

Lindsey said...

April,
I'm glad Gracie seems to love her school more and more. We sure miss you guys! And I'm sorry about your Uncle...the service seems like it was really beautiful. Lots of love,
Lindsey

Elizabeth said...

She looks like a doll!

quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."