Raegan's First Day of School

Raegan had her first day of school at Rygaard's International School yesterday. We were excited to get a phone call on Friday to let us know that a spot opened up in the Pre-K (Reception) class. We thought we were going to have to wait until the Fall to get her in.

She had a great first day and made lots of new friends. Starting at this school is a big step for her, as this school is Monday thru Friday 9 to 2:45. She has done great with the adjustment, but I can tell she is quite tired after school so we have been taking it easy. Here are some pictures of the big first day.

In our apartment getting ready.

 At the bottom of the stairs in our apartment building.

We woke up to lots and lots of snow! She is right outside our apartment building starting on our journey to school. It snowed ALL day.

Here they are outside her school building 

 In her classroom in the cloak area being dropped off.

This is the back view of her snow covered school. Kids were sledding in this field this morning while waiting for class to start.

On the playground this morning

It is quite a commute for us to get back and forth to her school on public transportation while we are in our apartment. Fortunately this should just be for another week. Snow on the first day didn't make it any easier but we managed! We started on the first day by taking a bus to a train station by the school and then walking the rest of the way to Raegan's school. But the bus ride took forever and it was stressfully crowded. So I decided it was time to get out of my comfort zone with the bus system and try out taking a train for part of the trip. And wow I wish there was a train station that Raegan could walk to from our apartment because it is so much better and of course faster. A 4 min ride on the train is a 25 min ride on the crowded bus.

Wyatt loves train stations and riding the trains so this is working so far to get him excited to take and pick up Raegan (since this is now a big part of our day!). Here he is waiting for our first train ride.

Wyatt and I are enjoying our 1x1 time. I was worried about him missing his playmate sister but so far so good. Today, we went to this free indoor playground called the Remisen. On Tues/Thurs it's specifically open to kids under age 3 so we decided to try it out today. This place was a hit for him so we will do this often on cold or wet days.

 This is an entire room loaded with Legos, Wyatt was in heaven finding all the trucks and trains and planes.