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Friday, August 20, 2010

Preschool Orientation (August 13)

Still catching up....
Ella had her preschool orientation last week and she will have her first day of school this Monday. She's only going 3 mornings a week for 3 hours so I'm not sad because it doesn't feel like "school". Though, we'll see on Monday morning when I drop her off. :)

So last Friday, all 3 of headed to the preschool to meet her teacher, Ms. Valerie.  Ella's going to the preschool at the local Lutheran church. It's sort of associated with the church, but not religious, if that makes any sense, or at least that's what I gather. On Fridays, the kids attend chapel for 15 minutes in the morning so that should be interesting for her. (We've been talking about going to Temple possibly so it'll be nice to expose Ella to a little church too. - more on this if we actually get around to going. Ron and I are open and want to explore a lot of avenues in the hopes that Ella too has an interest in other cultures, countries and religions)... anyway, I digress...

Ella will be in the same class as Mia, a friend from ballet, and, if you can't tell from the photos, is super excited to start school.  She couldn't stop grinning and I hope come Monday I'm at least able to get in a few photos and even a goodbye hug before she bolts for the playground... it's Ella so I'm betting she'll bolt with a wave of her hand and an almost forgotten, "bye!"    Yeah, maybe not so ready for this school thing....