First Day of School

 

The picture on the stairs.  A tradition. 

Not what I would've chosen for Sarah to wear on the first day, but she HAD to wear her One Direction T-shirt from the night before.

Caroline in school.

I could've sworn I'd have done a "Happy Dance" all the way down the hall, but I teared up when I left her.

For better or worse she has been my constant companion and I've had to be her best friend while the kids are at school.  That constant chatter in my ear was gone.  Such a relief.  And so sad too. :(

She has grown up so much in the last week!! I feel like her conversations are more grown up; her sentences are longer.  I'm sure it's in my head, but I do feel like she's already changed. 

 

First day of preschool

Today was Caroline's first day of preschool!

She had a great day and loves Mrs. Katy! :)

Literally, as were standing in the hallway to walk into Mrs. Katy's room, she scratched open a bug bite and started bleeding. Hence the large bandaid on her chin/neck area. **sigh**


Today was my first day of preschool too. I am tired and sweaty. 16 four-year-olds. 12 of them are boys. [sooooo tired]

But I had a good day too.

One of the moms took a pic of Robyn and me with her son. And I'm pretty sure it would be illegal or something to post the pic with him in it without her expressed written consent.

So I cropped him out....

Here are Robyn and me.

And this is how I looked most of the day... As I was talking to them, Tying shoes, Helping them glue things, Opening everything in their lunches.

Look at this pic and imagine me saying, in a voice about 3 octaves higher than my normal voice, "Oh, Miss Julie's friends, please make a good choice and sit quietly. It would be so sad if I had friends move their clips on the first day. "

And now you've imagined my day. Lots of referring to them as "friends". Lots of referring to myself in the third person. Ya know. It's Pre-K.


And here we are before we left this morning.. :) I like having her at school with me.

First Day of School-- Sarah and Jack 2012

The backpacks and lunchboxes were ready to go.

*Please note that Sarah chose a messenger bag instead of a traditional backpack. It's the style she was going for.

**Please also note that I had a conversation with her about Hello Kitty before buying her things. I checked and double-checked to see if Hello Kitty was too babyish. She insisted that girls in 2nd grade like Hello Kitty. So I let her buy it.

BUT I would like to add that we had this EXACT conversation last year about a Dora thermos. I told her I wouldn't send her with the Dora thermos anymore since she was in 1st grade. She insisted that it didn't matter. Dora was fine. Then she came home one day, demanding that I NEVER send the Dora thermos EVER again because some girls had made fun of her.

She said, "I never thought they'd make fun of me, Mom."

I wanted to say, "Sweetie, girls are mean to other girls. I knew this. Which is why I worried about the thermos. I should've gone with my gut."

But instead I'm sure I said something appropriate and reassuring. (I hope.) ;)



The school day schedule and "What we need for our backpacks" list are posted. (Although the list won't be complete til this afternoon. I have no idea what Sarah will need to bring with her every day.)

Pics before school...
Sarah wanted her hair pulled back in a big ponytail with the BIG flower headband. I thought it was an unusual choice. Big headband and a ponytail? But then I'll be darned if I didn't see at least 3 fifth graders walking into school with a ponytail and a big flower headband. She knew what she was talking about.

Modeling backpacks...

Pics at school...

It's going to be a GREAT year!!! :)