Welcome to Harvard, kids

Yeah, so we go to " parent orientation" last night for Ava's new school that she will be starting next week. Let me just start out by saying that it isn't really "school" it's an MDO program (Mother's Day Out). BUT we would never call it that here in McKinney because of course they are going to SCHOOL at age 3. Whatever.

So we walk in the building and the first thing we see are the "packets" and the name tags. Wow. A little more formal than I expected. At this point, I don't really say anything to Geoff . We put our name tags on and find our seats (there are rows of seats positioned in front of a podium). Still a little perplexed. Geoff looks over at me as says "Whoa, I didn't know this was going to be like a seminar. Do you think we get a bathroom break"? I start laughing because at least he and I are on the same page (at the moment).

And then we start...we go through the handbook, the rules, the dresscode, the discipline policy, the snacks, etc. Whatever. I look over and of course typical Geoff is getting all into this. He turns to me and says "so Ava is going like 4 days a week, right"? No Geoff, she is going two days a week like we have talked about for the last 6 months. He's floored. He can't believe she is only going two days a week. He's never been so impressed. Whatever.

The orientation ended. Her two teachers were introduced (Ms. Sandra and Ms. Sheryl). They both seemed very sweet. This is the way I look at it: as long as they throw a little Jesus in there, sing some songs, make some stuff, and she comes home happy than the tuition was well spent.