Kindergarten X Two

while Bim was away at trial we girls commuted to Long Beach every day for the first two weeks of school. Ally was the youngest kindergartner (her birthday being the cut-off date), so we opted for the 2-year kindergarten program that lets her start out in TK (transitional kinder) and start real kindergarten the following year.

We met Mrs. Laramie and it was love at first sight. Small classes, happy kids, what could be better? 

But after a couple of months we learned two things simultaneously: one, that Ally was already proficient at everything they'd be teaching that year and, 2, there was a spot open at the best elementary school in town. We took it. So Ally got two first days of school this year. She had some tears about leaving Mrs. Laramie's class, but Mrs. Aimerito was the best thing a 4-going-on-5 year-old could hope for. Her class size went from 17 to 30, oh my! but for Ally, that just means more friends.