A new school year

Aubrey recently started Pre-K. It was a bittersweet day because we were all excited that she was going back, but a little sad that it was the start of her last year of preschool. She's already asking tons of questions about Kindergarten and most of the time I can only answer "I don't know. We'll see next year." But, for now we try to focus on Pre-K and helping her get ready for next year. Luckily, the majority of her girl friends that were in her 3-year old class are also in her Pre-K class so that helped on the first day. She was a little apprehensive about having new teachers and a new classroom, but she seems to like all of them now. She goes to school 4 days a week now and so we still have a nice break on Tuesdays to hang out. It has been a nice break having her back at school because it gives me some time to spend with Mason and a little break from the constant motion of a 4-year old.

1st day of Pre-K

And just for reference, her 1st day of 3-year old preschool

Aubrey also started a new year of dance. We had to make a decision about her doing dance or gymnastics this year due to tightening up the budget a little and dance always seemed to make her happier so we went with that. She wasn't too happy about giving up gymnastics but still loves going to dance so we'll take this year and see how it goes. She was excited to get new ballet and tap shoes and a new leotard to add to her collection. She was thrown for a bit of a loop on the first day because her dance school built a new building for the classes to take place and Aubrey is apprehensive about change so it took a while to get her used to the new building. We had to talk a lot about changes this school year and try to help her understand that change is just part of the world. But, luckily Mrs. Rhonda is still her teacher and Aubrey loves Mrs. Rhonda so that makes any change a little easier for her to deal with.

She actually asked me to take a picture of her after her 1st day of dance