After close to two months of researching schools all around Bend, we finally decided on a school that we absolutely love! It may seem strange to start Tristan over halfway through the year, but since I watched Eli every day in the fall (calling it GG Academy!), he wasn't able to start in September. And then when we started looking in December/January with the hopes of sending him somewhere soon, we couldn't find a place that we liked that had immediate availability. So I started to come to terms with the idea that I would have to wait until next fall to start him in preschool even though I knew how important it was for him to be in school right now. After searching high and low, we finally found one we loved and enrolled him for September...only to find out that he would be 9th on the waitlist...yikes. So, back to the drawing board it was. We started looking at more school-like settings, similar to where I taught at (and loved!) back in my teaching days and narrowed it down to two places. But his birthday was two weeks too late for one of them. Bummer. So we went back to another school that we had also heard amazing things about, which I initially had vetoed because of how far it was from our house. After giving it another chance and taking a tour, we knew it was the place for us! And added bonus was that they had an opening right now! Sometimes things work out the way they were meant to work out, no matter how long it takes :)
There are so many similarities to this school and the one I taught at for so many years - I love it! It's preschool-12th grade, all the students wear uniforms, they have small class sizes and have a Christian background. I'm looking forward to Tristan's next few years of preschool experience! And then seeing if he will continue to go there for all of his school career!
All dressed up on his first day of school! I love the look of his uniform - reminds me of the preppy clothes I always dressed him in when he was little :) Maybe it was a foreshadowing of his school career :)
In his classroom! Even though he was feeling pretty anxious leading up to his first day, he did a pretty good job after finding out that his first activity was playing with red playdoh at his seat :)
Not only was it Tristan's first day of school, it was also Talia's first day of soccer! I was excited to find activities to do with Talia two mornings a week while Tristan was at school. This will be the first time that Talia and I will have some alone mommy and daughter time!
Pretty girly soccer outfit :)
She was so excited to "kick, kick, kick!" and couldn't stop saying "ball" the whole car ride over :)
SO excited for these milestones in the kids' lives! And so excited to share in these memories with them :)
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