This entry and the next one are out of order. Don't know how that happened. Crazy blogger. At any rate, these are pictures of attempting to leave the house for Meet the Teacher Night. 6th Grade. MIDDLE SCHOOL I cannot believe it. Emily is wearing lip gloss this year. She has been able to wear it on special occasions, but never at school. So, this year she gets to wear it to school and even take it with her for "touch ups". Went to Sephora, and had one of the helpers try several different colors on her. It was a special event. She has been looking forward to it all summer. The color she picked: Aruba. Sounds exotic, doesn't it. She feels so grown up. 
She is very excited to be getting back to school. School was delayed two days due to Hurricane Irene. The schools were without electricity for several days so the teachers could not get into the schools to get their rooms ready. Emily loves school. A must during the Meet the Teacher event: touring the library.
Emily and her BFF Lauren. They cannot wait to get to the school to see if they have classes together. They already know they get to ride the bus together and they go to the same dance school.
And as it turned out....they don't have a single class together. Too Bad! :( They are on completely different teams. But hopefully they will be able to say hey to each other in the halls and at lunch. The poor kids in our school district don't get to sit where ever they want at lunch until.....guess when....the 10th grade. Is that so ridiculous??
Emily has fabulous teachers. Emily loves them all. They all seemed very friendly and helpful. There was only one pitfall during the night--Emily's locker didn't have a lock on it. Hopefully they will get that fixed by next week. And if that is all we have to worry about, it was a successful night. The librarian is lovely. The library met Emily's approval. The chorus teacher, as it turns out, is the same nice lady that gave Emily voice lessons when she was getting ready for Oliver!. Made Emily so happy. So, we are looking forward to a fabulous first year at grown up Middle School.
John--Meet the Teacher--did not allow pictures. He is WAY too grown up for all that. He has a full, hard schedule this year. For the first half of the year, we will be deeply involved in Algebra 2, Biology, Writing, and World History. Really, the 9th grade schedule was not so full. You'd think they could come to a better balance. We REALLY like his writing teacher and his biology teacher. They are those above and beyond kind of teachers. We are going to love them. Algebra and history teachers are still lovely. Seem knowledgeable and approachable. So, John will be busy studying this year. Will keep him out of trouble, right?
Ethan--Meet the Teacher--also did not allow picures. Ethan has an EASY schedule for the fall. EASY!! He will pay for it in the 10th grade, though, just wait. Adv Civics, Adv English, PE, and Technology. His civics teacher is a little different, but by the end of the semester Ethan will like him. His technology teacher has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. He taught a lot of the teachers that are currently teaching there. Ya....he's old. But still a good teacher. English teacher is one of those types of women that you just picture if she puts her hands on her hips and gives ya a dirty look, you'll either wet your pants or melt, but loves ya if you're behaving.
So, in summation....I guess it has turned out to be a wordy blog entry....we are all set to have a great year. So, we could just embrace it or it could make you think something is bound to go wrong. Afterall, how many times does it go perfectly right out of the gate? I think I'm just going to embrace it and just deal with it IF trouble comes along. The glass is completely full.
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