New School Year Prep

Hey There!

I cannot believe this is the eve of a new school year for Rory and Rian. And this year starts a whole new chapter for Rory (and sort of for Rian too in a way). With starting 6th grade this year, Rory is now entering into middle school, and a brand new one at that! He is so excited, and slightly nervous which is to be expected. Rian is now going to be navigating solo at school without Rory to lead the way. She has her own adventures to explore, like riding the bus. But before these two can do all that, we had to do some prep.

Let's start off with Rory... He actually had two opportunities to explore his new school this last week, once with just the other 6th grade students and a second time with me and Rian in tow. Dropping him off to tour the school bright and early one Saturday. He was nervous, but when I picked him up he was stoked to have got his PE clothes.

It was a sad day when I realized that Rory had outgrown a lunch bag. Brown bagging it from now on, I guess. 😭


Thanks to Target and Amazon for being the real MVP's of school prep. I couldn't have done this without you!!! 😂 (Thanks Tina Zyskowski for the Target idea!)

I love Rian's style right now. I seriously can't wait for us to be the same size, so I can steal her clothes and shoes. How cute are these rose gold Adidias?!?😍 And well, I'm sad to report that Rory has swiftly passed me up in shoes. I couldn't wait for him and I to share Vans and we never will. He is now a whole shoe size bigger than me. And to think about it, I'm not even sure he ever was my size. It seems like he went from a 5 to a 6, than immediately to a 6.5. Don't let that photo deceive you, those shoes a lot bigger than they look.

Goodbye are the days of cute kid backpacks. Both kids opted for a "much cooler" choice. Rian - "I want like a purse backpack." I actually really love both of theirs and I'm seriously considering ordering myself one like Rian's, but in a different color of course.😁






For the most part, school supplies were very much similar to the previous years, except for that Rory needed a wired mouse and a couple of pairs of wired earbuds. I know I never had those items on any of my school supply lists when I was a kid. 😂 What's really cool now is that the schools have refill stations where they can refill their water bottles. 








I'm so excited for Rory and Rian to start school tomorrow. I can't wait to see them all dressed in their new clothes and shoes in the morning and all geared up for what's in store for them this school year! I'll be sure to share with you all how it goes, but until then, thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

-aMie