Building Blogs Two: Field trips, modeling clay and teachers, Oh my!

As we make our way into the upcoming school year, we are getting more excited by the day.  That's right everyone, the countdown to school starting has begun!  On our journey into the new school year, we have started reviewing some things that we will find ourselves doing.  No shock and awe factor here, smooth sailing we see for this family.

You will find throughout most of my blogs, I use the use we and us.. I am referring to my family as a whole.  This is not just an adventure for my daughter as she begins school, but for the family as well.  Because when something happens to one family member, the family is affected as a whole.

Now, back to what I was getting to..  We have set everything up and still have small things coming through the mail as the day so go on.  Which we are happy for, because as the items come in, it keeps the excitement coming.  And I want that excitement to live on for as long as possible.

I have talked about with my daughter (who is four, will be five in September) the school and some things we should expect to happen.  Now I must give her lots of credit.  Even with having the supplies on shelves, but within reach, she is doing wonderful about not "sneaking" into any of it.  However I have her greatly occupied with other things, it is still in eyesight and becomes eye candy when she sees it.  occasionally I hear "Oh mommy please can we open..."  and as hard as it is to say no (haha! be strong!)  I do.

I keep checking into Connections Academy periodically to see if there are any upcoming meetings or trips on the boards.  I don't want us to miss out anything important, like meeting other families or activities.  We were considering girl scouts this year, but now we are thinking maybe we should wait and see what the new school year holds for us first.  We don't want to be too overwhelmed with activities in our first year.  Especially with having a younger sibling.. who is potty training!  (Really, I am as sane as the next soccer mom.)

My daughter is so excited to be able to meet her teacher, or teachers.  And I am happy to have guided her this far, but I am also ready to meet her teacher(s) as well.  I think it is great that Connections Academy has so much guidance.  As a family we are very  pleased with how much this school has to offer!

Now onto getting the pictures, off of my camera and onto my computer.  My goal is pictures posted by the end of the day.. let's see what happens!
Happy blogging everyone.