So here we are in California! We LOVE it. Ivy started school on August 17th which made for a very short summer for her. It has been very exciting and new. Everything is so different. Her new school is really nice and really different from Erdenheim. It is rated 10 out of 10 on greatschools.net so we're hoping that even with the budget crises she will still be getting a top notch education. So far so good. Some of Ivy's favorite things about her new school are: It is an outdoor campus so she gets to walk outside to go to lunch or the library or to gym, each class has a garden, the bathroom stalls close and lock, the building isn't 100 years old, they have a beautiful view of the valley from their playground. She misses a lot of things about her old school, and really misses her friends, but she's getting used to it.
The view of the valley from the playground
Lane started pre-school on September 14th. His teacher is a woman in our ward who does a small (but very hard to get into) pre-school out of her home. We were on a waiting list and at the last minute she had a spot open up. She is really sweet and Lane absolutely loves it! He still wakes up in the morning and says something like, "today is my 4th day of pre-school", or "in 2 more days it is going to be my 5th day of pre-school". He's so funny.
He was really excited about his new backpack because it can hold a skateboard and insisted on having his skateboard strapped on for his first day of school. So cute! (He's getting a lot of practice on the skateboard with our concrete backyard and our big house with wood floors and no furniture!)
