1 Down, 184 to go

School started yesterday. It was a tough morning for me as I sent my baby off to school all day. She did great. I cried!lol! But, I have great friends and a great husband. My friends converged from all parts of campus to check on me (and one emailed), my very good friend, the Vice-Principal, checked on the Princess during both recesses and lunch and reported back mid-day to ease my mind, and my husband took the day off to spend with me. All three of the kids had a great day! They love their teachers and were excited to see all their friends again!

In other good news, the girls also both started back to dance last night. At the studio they dance at, you have to be invited to join the performance group. Sometimes they invite many girls (last year-14), sometimes they don't invite any at all, this year, they invited 7, and SB was one of them! It's the group they call "the babies". This means an additional 3 hours a week of rehearsal time in order to get ready for the performances they do around the valley (5 or 6 a year). It also means that at least some of her dances for recital will be danced in all 4 shows next summer. There's a possibility of travel to competition next summer, but that remains unclear at this moment. Usually they take the baby group with them, but this past year they did not as they felt the group wasn't mature enough. So, we'll wait and see on that. The baby group does not compete, but does perform if they get to go. It was an exciting night for SB and her group of girls. She's been dancing with this exact same group, with no additions only subtractions, for the last 3 years. All but one of them made the group, plus one older girl from another group of dancers. We're very excited for her and she's thrilled!

Today my day care charges are back and I'm on my own at home. At least I have the Olympics to keep me entertained!