Cally started at Poker Hill School on Wednesday. She has been asking about and wondering about Poker Hill for what seems like a year. She was so excited to go to this magical place!
John dropped her off and she seemed at ease from the moment she walked in. She signed up to be "music retriever" (her job for the day) and jumped into a drawing project. I picked her up to find her happy and comfortable in her new school with lots of new friends and stories to tell.
What she was most excited about was getting to take Poley Poley home for the night. He's her groups "mascot" and she was the first to volunteer to take care of him for a few days. I guess she gets to take him on adventures and then write/draw about them in his journal.
Cal decided to take him on our regular family hike in the Upper Pastures:
And to our magic rock:
I hear about kids having a rough transition to new schools, but am so happy to report that hers was smooth sailing. I wish there had been a place like Poker Hill when I was a kid!
We wrapped up Cally's first week of school with some good family time in Burlington.
And spent some time on the bike path with my good friend Christine who was in town from California for a wedding:
