Many changes...

Ok. so sorry I have not been updating Ella's school blog. But we have some changes to announce. We had to re-evaluate the school we had Ella in. For a few reasons. 1) it is WAY expensive 2) it is kind of a far drive from our house 3) because of Ella's birthday being a fall birthday she misses the cut off for the two years of classes that would benefit her the most 4) at the age of 2 you are pretty limited in what you can do with 2/3 year olds no matter where they are. So you can pay $300 a month for that or you can pay $100 a month and it is pretty much the same curriculum.

I am SO fortunate to live in one of the Greatest Cities in the Country. Don't believe me? This City EVERY year is voted one of the top 100 cities in the United States for some reason or another, most of which have to do with Children, Schools, Safety, Housing etc. In fact on this CNN list we are #30 ! The City of Chandler has so many classes available for pre-schoolers, youth, teens, adults and elderly too! They also have an AMAZING preschool for kids. And it is subsidized by the City at an incredible cost. I was told about this school by so many of my friends who are either in it, or on a wait list, or know friends who's kids are in it. So Ella will be switching to this program beginning Oct 1st! It is going to cost us a third of what we are paying now, and she will be able to go 3 days a week instead of 2! It is also 5 minutes from my house, not 20. Amazing... we can't wait! Here are some photos of the last few weeks at New Vistas!

Week three was yellow week and was real cute cuz as soon as I dropped Ella off in her classroom her friend Maya came over and gave her a big hug. This is the same girl who was holding her hand when I picked her up at school the week before. On Thursday Ryen even got into the yellow spirit with her football shirt and Ella gave her a big hug for it! And notice the yellow beard of marker on Ella's face when I picked her up outside her classroom!


Week four was Blue Week and there are not many photos from that uneventful week except the following of my beauty making some funny faces:


Week 5 Green Week (bad Mommy clearly not taking photos anymore! LOL) Oh managed to find ONE!:

Week 6 was Orange Week and I have no photos with her face so not posting any! Week 7 (this week) is PURPLE Week. I do have photos today only because TODAY is a very exciting day! It was SCHOOL PICTURE day! What is it about school photos that makes school feel so real to parents. I cant wait to see her pictures. All day long she would tell me how she smiled for the photographer and she would turn her head to the side and give me this innocent angel little smile. (yeah right!) Here is a photo of her in her school picture day outfit (very studious as my friend Brooke told me- LOL)