summer wrap up...

Well our summer break is officially over. It was for me when I had to go back to work the day after New Year's, but for the kids their usual activities started back up today. It was the first day back at swimming and a momentous day for Mackenzie. She officially progressed to the "big girl's class" today which meant no more swimming for Poppy. He started taking Jordan in the "Mums and Bubs" class when I first went back to work when Jordan was around 8 months old. Jordan graduated from that class when she turned 2 and Poppy took over with Mackenzie immediately after. So he has been swimming with both the girls for almost 3 years now. He was a little sad to be "retired" from that now. Mackenzie had a ball in her new class. I didn't get to see her because I had to work but I'm looking forward to coming along in a few weeks time to see her and Jordan swim. They are both in the same class now so it is much more convenient for Mum and Dad.
Jordan goes back to Kindy tomorrow. Sadly, her favourite teacher, Miss Jasmine won't be there as she has moved on to another pre-school, so it will be interesting to see how she goes. Hopefully she will be fine and won't cry.
We are seriously looking into moving down to Bulli/Woonona way. I have been scouring the internet for houses for a few months now and have a pretty good idea of prices etc. I have to sell the unit and our house up here in order to do this, so it may take a little while. We are tossing up the idea of renting down there for a year and in turn, renting out our house up here just to be sure before we make it permanent. There is so much to consider, but I really think it's the best thing for the kids. They just love it when we stay at Mum and Dad's and for 3 weeks over the summer we have been able to spend time with my friends who all live down there and their kids. Between three of us (and partners), there are 5 girls - Amy 7, Gemma 4, Sophie 4, Jordan 3 and Mackenzie 2. They all play so well together and have such a great time. It would be amazing to see them all grow up together.
So, back to reality now. Hope all is well in your world.