the school year begins

before i get to our weekend recap, last wednesday was the first day of school in seattle! azalea was both excited and nervous going into it. last year when she started kindergarten, they had a jumpstart week followed by a family meetings with the teacher. it was a nice way to ease into elementary school. first grade is more like: here is your teacher assignment 4 days before school starts...see you on the first day! of course we took the obligatory first day of school picture:

the smoke was really bad last week from wildfires :(

her school's start time was moved up to 8:55am (from 9:35am) this year. i am happy about it since i have early risers and the old start time meant some loooooong mornings to fill at home last year. this is much better! azalea has been waking around 6:45 lately and ashford has been sleeping until 7:15-7:45(!) if he hasn't had a nap the day before. dare i say we almost feel a little rushed in the morning?

we all walked up to her school together as a family. she easily found her room, put her stuff in her labeled cubby and we met her teacher. she has a male teacher this year, which i think is neat considering they aren't as common for younger grades. i didn't have one until 6th grade! she found her assigned spot at one of the tables and was happy to learn that two kids she already knew were assigned to that table as well. she seemed a bit hesitant about the new environment, but she was brave like always. we kissed and hugged her goodbye and went on our way.

thatcher went to work, and ashford and i packed up to go to "the inc" for cowork/preschool time. i didn't take ashford's picture since he has been going there since last february. i'm really liking our new routine of going 3 times/wk. i've actually used most of the time for board and book keeping work, which surprised me. i'm sure i'll have some quieter work days where i can get other errands and stuff done too.