“Today I’m going to school and this is my first time. I’m so excited. Soooo i’m going to run along”.
Yup, that was Pook’s attitude for her very first full day at school. We told her that she could tell Ashley to call us at anytime if she wanted to come home…she didn’t. She hung out the whole day (9:00am-2:30pm). I packed her lunch and put a little surprise heart note inside and Ashley said Sophie was so excited and proud- sweet thing.
Her first day of school was Friday fun day so the kids did a little learning, then had a DJ come in to teach them how to DJ, then they hiked up small hill to go swimming at an ocean view hotel, then back down for some lunch followed by making banana ice cream splits, a little chalk coloring outside and just some good ole fun! Pooks came home so tired she passed out at 5pm for an hour and half. What an amazing first day of school for our amazing little peanut.
She is so super lucky, again just feeling so grateful for this opportunity. Speaking of grateful, when we pulled up to drop her off a little girl named Gaia was making her gratitude list and the number 5 thing she was grateful for was SOPHIE! She wrote that she was thankful to have Sophie come to school. Ugh, what a cool little crew she gets to hang with. It is such a positive environment full of love. Her teacher had chill music playing in the background during the day. The kids get to lounge on couches and look at the ocean while learning. Their outdoor time is not limited to a 1/2 hour of recess. Ooooh it is just fantastic!
As tired as Pooks was she did not hesitate for a minute when I asked if she wanted to go again. She said YES! She is super excited to go for the full day this Thursday and learn all about crystals from an energy healer in town. She is going to go for her private lesson with Ashley up at the school on Sunday and then Ashley is going to come her for another private on Monday. Then we are going to try the full day again on Thursday. If that goes well we will give her the option of full or half day friday, and if that goes well we will see about adjusting the schedule with Ashley and figuring out how many days works for everyone. Super thankful that her teacher is so flexible and even more so that she encourages it. Anyway, enough gushing for the moment, here are some pics from Pooks big day! I will take more pics of the school on sunday when i drop her off at her private lesson. I didnt want to embarrass her by taking a bunch of pics while all the kids were there ;).
Heading off to school!!
Walking into school for first time :). Officially called “THE NOMADIC DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL OF AWESOMENESS”. Which is of course…awesome!
My attempt to sneak some pics on my phone
Again, I’ll take more pics on sunday with detail photos of all their amazing projects, etc. So while this was a huge day for Sophie, we can’t forget the equally huge milestone for Sabsy. This was the first time she was away from her sissy for more than and hour and a half. We made sure to spoil her and take her on her own little adventure. We went to the bakery and got her a special smoothie and chocolate croissant, then rode to the beach and went swimming, saw some lizards, stopped to try and pet a horse, came home played some blocks, read some books, and then before we knew it we were off to get her big sissy! She was a champ all day and unfortunately for us…didn’t even nap. Luckily, she was in a great mood and it was really fun to watch her in the little spotlight for an afternoon. Still she was so happy and excited to get to pick up her sissy and wanted to play with her as soon as we walked in the door.
and this was 5pm…fun filled day 🙂
