Currently: So Long Summer

Current Book

Current Song

Chains by Nick Jonas

25 year-old Allena is appalled at how many Jo Bro songs I love. {grin}

Current TV Show

OBSESSED.

Current Podcast/Audiobook

I just finished the audiobook version of The Road to Jonestown - amazing!

Still continuing with my re-read {listen} of the Outlander series - I'm on book 8!

And just found out there's a new season of Cold - season 1 was CRAZY!

Current Drink

Just got a chai earlier...sigh...damn that sugar!

Current Food

I had tennis tonight {when I'm typing this}, so I made a frozen pizza.

I am so #momgoals.

Current Shame-Inducing Pleasure

Well my day consisted of chai and pizza...

I don't think it takes a genius to guess this!

Current Outfit

It was insanely hot during tennis, and I walked home after.

But I haven't showered yet, so I got chilly from all my sweatiness.

So workout clothes PLUS a cardigan. I ooze sex appeal!

Current Celebrity Crush

Ted Lasso and Roy Kent - love them both!

Current Mood

I am struggling with all the latest stuff about Covid.

Not so much fear of it but fear of what the world/governments are going to do.

It felt like just a few months ago we were so close to normalcy...

and now it feels like we are swinging back the other way.

Current Anticipation

Spa day with my mother-in-law is next week!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried to find a link to my post about this but couldn't,

so quick explanation - 

every year Brent gets my mother-in-law and me a day at an amazing spa

for Mother's Day. Our tradition has become to go the Friday before Labor Day.

I cannot wait!!!!!

Current Wishlist

Brent and I really need new bedding for our bed.

I'm on the hunt but nothing has jumped out at me yet.

Our bedding when it was new - it's just dingy looking now and I'm tired of it, ha.

Current Movie

I still need to take Trent to see Jungle Cruise and Paige REALLY wants to see the Paw Patrol movie, so I think my next adventures are going to be kid ones!

Current Picture

Found this gem on my phone today! Ha!

First Days 2021-22 School Year!

We did it! We survived our first week of school!! The kids went back on August 17 {a Tuesday}, and I feel like things have gone really well. We just slipped almost seamlessly back into our routine from last year and have hit the ground running.

The kids are all still going to Goodwater Montessori - it is such a blessing to have all 3 kids at 1 school instead of 1 in daycare, 1 in elementary, and 1 in middle school, ha. 

Now let's talk about the kiddos!

How cute are my babies?!?!

Trent is in 7th grade this year, which is the first year {of 2} in the Montessori Adolescent program, and their community is called Bluebonnet - y'all know I love this. This is structured a little more like a traditional classroom as they are working to get the kids ready to transition to a 'regular' school for high school {there are no Montessori high schools near us and very few in the US}. They still do some really cool Montessori things - our school has an orchard and it's the Adolescent program who takes care of it, and they also take care of the school chickens! They will also create a micro-economy and make snacks and gift items to sell on-campus. 

Trent has 2 really good friends from the last few years in his class plus lots of kids he knows, and he seems to be settling in really well. The only struggle with him is getting him out of bed in the morning! He is definitely embracing the pre-teen life! He told me they took a quiz to help determine jobs and one for him was a psychologist, and I loved that idea for him! He for sure marches to his own drum beat, and the thought of him helping other kids warmed my heart so much. So curious to see what this kiddo is going to do!

Kindergarten ~ 7th grade

Drew is in heaven - school is her happy place. She is back in Ms. Danushi's Roadrunner Lower Elementary community {1st-3rd grades} for her last year in lower elementary. She has her 2 best friends {Zara and Alice} still in class with her, and she is happy to go to school every day.

She did great in 2nd grade with all the uncertainty and changes and continued to grow in her learning, and she has settled back in and is doing fantastic. I already got a request to have her bestie sleep over!

All her Montessori years!

Casita ~ 3rd grade

This is such a better start to the school year for little miss Paige! Last year when we finally made it on campus there were tears for a LONG time. It took her months to settle into her classroom. 

This year she returned to her faves, Ms. Liliana and Ms. Maria, in the Sassafras primary community for pre-K 4. Her BFF Lucy moved up to 1st grade, but she is hanging out with all her other friends and getting right back into her map coloring, sewing, painting, and general busyness. She is all smiles at drop-off and at pick-up and consistently tells me she had a GREAT day!

Nido ~ Pre-K 4

I am really excited about this year - parents can be back on campus and a lot of activities are coming back - I think we are going to have a GREAT year!!