home is where your ♥ is. our hearts were, and always have been, in arizona. after many conversations, parker and i decided we needed to move back to arizona. we also decided the kids needed to start school with their cousins. the day before i loaded up and made the 11 hour drive. i got to the school 30 min. before it closed. registered the kids and school started the next day.
grandma always comes to see the kids off on their first day. we all met at the davy's and rode bikes from there. tills and i followed on my bike and found the kids classrooms. there were no jitters or nervousness with 10 other cousins at the same school. even my conway, starting kindergarten was full of confidence!
even with registering late, we lucked out with teachers. conway has mrs. watkins, quincy started with her last year. quincy has mrs. watkins sister, mrs. nichols. parker started with her last year, and she happens to be in my parents ward. and i got to pick parker's teacher, since the numbers for all 3, 2nd grade teachers were even. i chose mr. ellsworth, who was my 4th grade teacher back in the day. he's still just as nice as i remember him.
i was able to get tilley into mrs. suzanne's class with her cousin marley. their first day was the same day as the others. the two girls were giddy during pictures. not so giddy when it was time for "drop off." tilley is my clingiest child, by far. she has a hard time being away from me. i think all the moving and with a new baby coming, it's gotten even worse. preschool however, was a must. i'm hoping it will help her with that.
