I guess I should give you a little bit of background information...I'm already feeling like "mother of the year" because this is Charli's 3rd school in 3 years. Ridiculous, I know, but it's just how the cards were dealt. When we bought our first house, we didn't worry about school zones because at the time, Ben and I were both working at a private school, so we knew they would go to school where we worked. After we left, we were faced with the unfortunate realization that we were in a good school zone, but it was way too far away for us to be able to drop-off and pick-up every day with our jobs. We decided to put our house on the market with the hopes it would sell before school started and we could move into a better/closer school zone. That didn't happen. We decided to put Charli in a private 1/2 day kindergarten that was easier for us to pick her up every day...then our house sold and we had to do something quick. God just really opened up a wonderful opportunitiy for us to lease a WONDERFUL house in a TERRIFIC school zone right in town from some very good friends of ours. It's been great, and we thought we would be here for a while, or at least stay in the school zone, but again God had other plans. Recently, we began to explore the option of buying a new home, and we started our search for the "perfect" house. I thought it would be a lengthy process. I even told our realtor that I was going to be extremely picky and it may take a while! We found THE house on the first day she took us to look. We are so excited about it, BUT it is in a different school zone. After praying and discussing and praying and discussing some more, we decided it was a great opportunity for us and it was also a great school zone for the kiddos in the long run.
SO, that's where we are today, packing to move next month, and starting a brand new school tomorrow. I'm already extremely emotional about Bells starting school for the first time, but I am also extremely anxious to find out how Charli is going to fit in with a new group of friends. I know both of them will do fine, but I can't help but worry about them! We met their teachers on Friday, and I'm already in love with them both. They are so super sweet and I had an immediate peace about the decision to change schools. They really made me feel at ease!
Charli on her first day of Kindergarten and her first day of 1st grade!
THIS kid should not be starting Kindergarten!
Tonight as we were doing our family devotion, we started studying Jeremiah 29:11.
"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."
I cannot help but worry about them as they go off in someone else's care, but I know the One who truly has them in His care, and THAT gives me an incredible peace. I just thank the Lord daily for blessing me with these two amazing, totally different, absolutely wonderful girls.
They're gonna do great....:)
