Back to School

Ugh. I can't believe it's been over a month since I've posted. To say that nothing has been going on would be a lie, but I suppose it's nothing really interesting enough to blog about. I spent the last week of July in training with my amazing team and found out that I'd be starting back the following week with full time training. I was anticipating having the first week of August to just ease back into preschool drop off, working on my classroom, etc but instead was thrown into the school year hustle and bustle early.
Jacob was promoted to Preschool II and absolutely loves his new teachers. It's a lot more challenging for him, which is great and not only is he learning so much, but he has a blast as well! After a full week of Gifted and Talented training, I started new teacher training and then the entire district went back to work on August 12th. Not only was I in training all day, every day, but I also had to unpack and get my room ready as well! We had meet the teacher night, which is called Blast Off on Wednesday, August 17th and then spent the following two days in training about the brain. It's not that it wasn't interesting and completely helpful, but there were so many things on my mental to-do list that I was getting overwhelmed!
School started on August 22nd and I have to honestly say that I have the best class that I've ever had! It's a great group of kids and parents and I'm really looking forward to this school year! I'm so excited to be back at my school, with my amazing team and amazing administration and feel so blessed!!!
Jacob is adjusting well, but I'm really working at getting out of school at a decent time so we still have our afternoon together to do fun things like playdough, play games (he is loooving the Dylan's Candy Bar Candyland game we picked up for him while in NYC in November!) and baking brownies! The long weekend has definitely been nice to have time to relax and spend together and now that the weather is cooling off (hopefully!) I hope to be able to spend more time outside!
The fall is gearing up to be busy, but I can't wait! I'll definitely try to be better about blogging, if not for others to read than just for me to "journal" what's happening in our lives!!