August Already?!

I can't believe it's August 4th already! It seems like summer just started! I guess we had a busy summer with me graduating college and then getting married and our honeymoon... It just went too fast. I had good intentions of getting our spare room painted and our front porch power washed and painted as well. Oh well! I'm far to busy now to work on house stuff. From here on out its all about the classroom.
I found out yesterday that my first day is August 16th. I have to be there all day for new teacher orientation aka meetings. August 17th is teacher's institute and "Back to school night!" YIKES!
I'm so nervous about back to school night. I've never done this before, and I'm supposed to talk to the parents and tell them what my year will look like... hmmm. I also found out that the other Kindergarten teacher is new to Kindergarten this year. She's moving from second down to K. I'm hoping we get along well, I know she's 3 years older than me so that will be fun!

The kids first day is a half day on August 18th. I've been thinking about what we will do on that first day... read books, take a tour, play a game, color.. probably all of the above.

I'm heading in to the school today to sign my contract and look at my classroom! I have all next week to set it up, I hope I can get everything bought and hung in one week! Its crazy how your life can change in a matter of minutes! I'm so thankful for this job, and can't wait to teach my first year of Kindergarten!