Alice was looking forward to moving back to Sweden. "I am ready for a new adventure now", was her comment when we made the final decision to move back. When we found out that I was expecting and that the baby would be born in Sweden she even started to long for us to go back (even if I told her that the baby wouldn't be born sooner even if we moved home sooner).
Of course it was a little nervous to start school in a new class. She had a few friends from her old class, but she had only met them briefly during the last four years, so I would say that she hardly knew them anymore. On top of all this Nils broke his arm the evening before the first day of school, so she had to walk there all by herself. Nothing strange for a regular kid, but for Alice Nils has always been a great support and they always walk together. Oh well, she understood that it was not really her we felt sorry for this day, so she pulled herself together and went by herself. It is just a short walk, very similar the one to Jordan from Seale Avenue last year.
She came home a couple of hours later - so happy! The first day had been great. She was in a fun class with one core teacher that she likes a lot. He is going to have her in math and PE for four years, so it is very good that they get along well. The other core teacher is her (and Nils') Spanish teacher. She is ok, but most likely the regular teacher will come back next fall since she is just on maternity leave this year.
Here is Alice's class, 6C. She is in the front row in her blue and white striped A&F t-shirt. Now, after a couple of weeks, she is even more happy in her class. She has a boyfriend (back row, 5th student from the left, in light blue) and they are a group of girls and boys who hang out together in class, at lunch and during the free time they have in between classes.
She has joined a soccer team, Torns IF, with a bunch of nice girls. There are not as many girls playing soccer here so the team is a mix with girls born her year and a year younger. The whole club is run by volunteering parents and the coaches are parents as well. There is no club around here with professional coaches and I don't want to drive far just to get that. The point is also to be able to play with girls in her school and as it is now she can bike to practice. At least until it gets dark early in the afternoon. The girls on the team are not super competitive, but still they are among the best teams in the region and Alice is very well prepared coming from Savio's practices in PASC. Her new coaches are impressed with her skills and she scored the only goal in her second game, giving her team the lead in the league this fall. Poppy was not happy this evening and I was mostly behind the goal where the grass was bumpy enough to keep her sleeping in the stroller. I took ONE picture though and it happened to be the shot (that was supposed to be a cross), but turned out to be the goal. See below:
And life with Poppy is as good, if not better, than she could ever have wished for. I think she says the words: "she is so cute" every time she sees her. And she is almost always willing to take her when I need to cook dinner, do laundry etc. Changing diapers is not really happening yet, but eventually she'll get to that too. Even being in the car is fun now. And doing homework.
All in all - life is good for Alice right now!
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