A week of big changes here!

Today is the first of many changes for the Tremont Scotts! We have 4 kids starting 4 new schools this week ... including one starting in a U.S. school for the very first time, and one moving away to college!

Yesterday was filled with "orientation" time. First, freshman orientation for Beverly at the high school. We walked the hallways and showed her where her classrooms will be, put a few things in her locker and mastered opening the combination lock. So I think she is all set!

TJ moves from the grade school (K-4) to the middle school (5-8) today. The middle school is attached to our high school and they share some hallways and a cafeteria, so it feels a bit grown up to him right now, which he thinks is pretty cool.

He and Beverly headed off on the bus together this morning. Since the middle and high schools adjoin, they get off the bus together and head to their own hallways. They are really getting along well and having a good time. I think TJ likes the chance to show Beverly around and help her learn where she is going.

Abby's big day comes tomorrow when she starts kindergarten! She will be on the bus with TJ & Beverly, but will get off at the grade school. She is also very excited and looking forward to meeting her teacher and seeing her classroom at her orientation tonight.

After we get these three in a routine ... on Sunday it's off to Wisconsin with Drew to move him into his dorm at Carthage College. He is very excited and ready to begin his new journey at the college level. We will check in and move him in that morning, and then there are a couple of parent/student orientation sessions and a BBQ lunch on the President's lawn. We will head out of there by mid afternoon to drive home, and he will have freshman convocation activities Sunday night, and also on Monday and Tuesday. Classes start on Wed, Sep 3.

So big changes all around ... and a child starting grade school, middle school, high school and college! What a week!