Successful First Week

Well, Alyssa survived her first week at her new school and lived to tell about it! I'll be honest and say I was SO nervous to send her off midway through the year to a new school in a new area and I felt a ton of guilt too because this last move was conceived and executed so that "I" could continue my educational goals at EWU. We did a ton of research on the area and the public school system because while I wanted/needed to continue my education we wanted to make sure that Alyssa didn't suffer for my aspirations. We were lucky enough to find a rental in a rural area that is halfway between Cheney and Spokane that is thankfully in the Cheney SD and Alyssa gets to attend a brand new school that just opened this fall; she was so excited to check out brand new books from the library on Thursday! My girly made some new friends in her class and experienced her first week of school in an area that doesn't completely shut down when we get a bit of snow, although our "bit" this week was more like 3 feet of snow and that came with a 2 hr last start. It warmed my heart that first day when I picked her up from school and she had a HUGE smile on her face and shared with me how much FUN she had that first day and how AWESOME it was :-). Alyssa loves her new PE teacher and the fun games they play and she's even learning FRENCH! I make her come home and teach me some new words on days she has World Languages :-) Even as we move into this new chapter of our life I don't want to discount our time spent in Vancouver and am extremely glad that Alyssa has been able to Skype with her best friend Sophea  a few times the last few days.