Aug 25 2008
Getting Ready For School
We have been having to take breaks from our summer fun to get ready for school. So far we have spent $200 in school supplies! 
I realize that we have three kids but wow! We still have to buy a couple more supplies but we have almost everything. We have already had registration day at both schools. They are just days that the schools have set up to get all the paperwork filled out and all the fees paid before school starts. Today we have Orientation for Noelle. Junior High does not start until 7th grade here so she is starting this year.
What a memorable year this will be. My little girl is growing up. I have already started to see the changes. She got her first real hair style a couple of weeks ago. She also just got contacts so she no longer needs glasses at school. It has transformed her like a butterfly. Now she is opening up her colorful wings and wants to fly.
She looks so much older now and it has made her act older too. We shall see what happens when school starts. I am sure that all of the kids will be trying to act grown up now that they are in junior high. It does worry me a little that the town is so small that junior high shares a building with high school. That is quite a change. Going from being in an elementary school to being in a school with high schoolers. I do not want her to grow up too fast.
She is very excited about going to orientation and seeing all of her friends that she has not seen in awhile. She wants to show off her new look. Ever since I took her to get her new hairstyle and contacts I keep hearing, “I love you Mom, you are so cool”. I have to say it is pretty nice. She is happier than she has been in ages and feels very confident. That makes me worry less about the change in schools.
