Well, Moorpark to be exact.
Our friend, Alyssa Gale had a project for her Parenting/Childhood Development class where she was asked to take a toddler to school for half a day.
Alyssa is an amazing young woman and quite a talented gymnast.
She received a full ride gymnastics scholarship to University of Utah for the fall!
I know, I know- she is not going to be a GymDog, but not everyone is perfect (wink)
None the less, Alyssa really wanted Madison to join her in school, so we made plans to make it happen.
We spent the night with our friends, Chris, Angie, and Noah on Wednesday night to avoid southbound morning freeway traffic.
That in and of itself was a fun adventure! The kids had a ball together, and Mommy, Angie and Chris stayed up WAY too late drinking yummy wine and catching up.
The next morning everyone got ready to go their separate ways.
We met Alyssa and her sister, Carinne at their house and followed them to school.
At first Madison hid from the camera
but when I offered to take her picture with Alyssa she was all for it
Kennedy and Mommy left Madison in Alyssa's capable hands and went shopping.
When we picked Madison up 3 hours later she had crafts, toys, and special treats!
Alyssa had to scoot back to class, so we didn't have time to chat about the morning.
When Mommy asked Madison what she learned in high school, her response, "I didn't learn anything". Alyssa told Mommy ahead of time Madison would be attending Anatomy, English, and the Childhood Development class. Mommy asked Madison what Alyssa's teachers talked about, Madison's reply: "I don't know, I just colored."
Seems to me she will fit in just fine in high school!
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After her busy morning of 'learning' we planned to meet up with Alyssa's mommy, Darcy (Mommy's friend and Pampered Chef Director) for lunch.
Miss Darcy used to teach Madison gymnastics through Parks and Rec while Mommy was pregnant with Kennedy.
The girls just love Darcy!
We had lunch at Chili's, then went back to Darcy's house to play for a little while before the big girls got home from their full day at school.
Alyssa said Madison was great-quiet and polite in all her morning classes.
The Gale girls got ready for gym, we said our goodbyes and the Shemenski girls loaded up for a doctor's appointment.
Since we were going to be in town anyway, we made an appointment with our pediatrician to confirm the small rash on Madison's knee for over a month (more like two) was indeed eczema. Filed a prescription and were on the road for our long trek home.
No sooner were we down the street when Kennedy conked out.
Mommy drove by our friends Jason and Kelly's house on the way to another errand and they were outside working in their garden with their new, sweet twin baby boys so we stopped to say hello for a second.
Mommy jumped out to say hi and peek at the boys, then went back to the car to grab something for them and found Madison crashed out with all her 'doctor stickers' all over her face.
Daddy said traffic would be a nightmare, but the girls were asleep so we decided to head north anyway.
Luckily, we spent enough time on our short stop with the twins, the freeways were free flowing.
Unfortunately, half way through the ride the girls both woke up screaming.
Nothing a couple $.69 vanilla cones from McDonald's drive thru can't fix!
We made it home, stripped the car seats and the girls, made dinner, bathed the girls and got everyone in bed early!
It was a whirlwind of a trip, but what great fun!
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