First day of school

We made it! And man it feels good to be back. 

Tuesday night GISSV hosted their back to school night where we got to “meet” the teachers, see the classrooms and visit with the other parents and kids. It felt like a mini reunion catching up with all of the families who we hadn’t seen all summer and sharing notes with the ones we had recently seen. The kids were ecstatic to see their friends and it felt familiar and comfortable. It is crazy to think that just 2 years ago I was so overwhelmed and worried I wouldn’t find my people amongst the formal German school system. 

Here are the kids on their first official day: both in need of haircuts and baths, both of which we failed to do before the first day. It was so bad I ended up putting dry shampoo in Alva’s hair! 

And here the kids are in the shirts I purposely bought for their first day of school photo op… taken 2 weeks after school started.