Having only one vehicle meant an early start to the day so that I could drop Brendan off at Dr Knox Middle school (a 25 minute drive away) and then drop the boys off at their school, South Kelowna Elementary (only 5 minutes from home) in time for an 8.30am start.
Downtown Kelowna - with about 10cm of snow on the roads.
Its difficult to see but the snow is falling VERY heavily.
Concentration!!!
Just to make things interesting the weather turned a little nasty and a snow storm crossed Kelowna during the night and early morning and dumped a significant amount of snow. This made driving a little more hazardous than usual so we took it slow and steady and arrived at each school destination safely.
South Kelowna Elementary - front entrance!!
The road to the boys school
We arrived at the boys school just in time for the first bell to ring. In the school office we were met by the boys teachers and they walked them to their classrooms. From a nervous Mum's point of view this was just what we all needed to feel comfortable and at ease right away. Caleb's teacher is Mrs MacKenzie and Seth's teacher is Mrs Bliss.
Caleb's highlight - making new friends and finding out he will be going on a field trip to go cross country skiing on his second day at South Kelowna Elementary.
Seth's highlight - making new friends, being buried in snow at lunchtime, doing fun activities, getting lots and lots of (chapter) books from the library.
Bren's highlight - teaching Canadian kids once more, enjoying the challenge of a new system.
By all accounts the boys had a great day. Phew!
3 comments:
What an adventure - going to school in the snow. Well done Nick driving through it!! My thoughts were with you all today on the first day. Love Mama xxoo
Good on you all.Thats pretty scary stuff.Almost as scary as driving in the Australian heat.A good start for an exciting year. Love Nanny & Bumps xxx
Congratulations on a wild but wonderful first day of school. Kudos to the chauffeur!
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