In August little miss Haana was starting middle school! Not just a new school, but so much more. No longer will they have a home room and home room teacher who spends a lot of time with them. Now each class will be in different room, 4 minutes of time to move in between classes. Students have to keep track of their schedule. Teachers are no longer baby-ing my baby!
Not everyone was filled with anxiety. Little miss Haana was mostly excited. A bit nervous but mostly excited. A couple days before classes were about to start the school has a welcome night. Little miss Haana caught up with all her friends who, like her, wanted to be done with the summer and get back to each other!
For the parents, it would take a bit longer to figure out. New school, new teachers. New pick up and drop off timings. New bus schedule. New routes. But most of all it meant my baby little miss Haana was growing up.
On another front, Bobby, who was now enjoying his playschool was now going to go to a new montessori. We had done some homework. Toured multiple montessoris in our neighborhood, then zeroed in on 2. Met the teachers at both the places and decided on one. But the big question was, would Bobby like it there?
A few more weeks of worrying about it, and then it was time for Bobby to start the new school. We went to drop him off with a lot of trepidation. He was excited to be going to 'big boy school'. His teacher engaged him in dinosaurs and just like that, he was good! I turned around, lingered outside the class door before finally heading home. When I came back to pick him up, he was doing great!
So just like that both Bobby and little miss Haana started new schools!
