1st day of school

the girls took the getting dressed especially seriously and there were a lot of roiling emotions under the surface.

mette showing off her new backpack

hennie and i were the first in her class there and we lined up at her class number and talked a while as she got increasingly nervous and unsure about the whole event. as we'd walked to school she masked her nervousness with effusive expectation - hege and i had been working hard to positively talk up the whole experience and she was kind of feeding it back to me in an attempt to buck herself up. she almost fell apart when she realized that i would be leaving. it was heartbreaking

saved by Remy and Sophia. they banded together and helped each other get ready for the day

this is just before i left



mette in front of her new cubicle at Chickpeas

this was not from the first day, but soon thereafter. hennie and mette with the neighbors, Cassandra and Rodriego