Kindergartener!!!

On Monday my baby became an offical big girl. She is now a "Schoolager" as she calls them. She did so good. We woke up in the morning and got her ready for school. Teeth brushed, check. Hair done, check in a braid. First day of school clothes on, check. Backpack, check. And it was out the door for school. As we were walking up to the school she was a little timid, but once we entered the school and started towards her classroom, she "strutted." We were the first into the classroom and those of you who know me probably could have guessed that, huh! She got a little shy until one of her "boyfriends" (Ryan) came in. I had told the teacher on Friday at Meet the Teacher that she might want to keep Rylee, Ryan and Carson apart due to them being such good friends. She told us that atleast for the first day it was ok for them to sit together, so they would feel comfortable (which Ry told me after school, she did).

After I got her settled in her chair and at the prodding of the counselor, I left. No tears were shed!! Aren't you all proud of me? I went to lunch with a few friends from work who, like me, also had a daughter starting Kindergarten. It was really nice to have people to talk about my feelings of that day with. Thanks Erin and Gwen!!

School gets out at 3:00 pm and Rylee is signed up for Extended School Day (ESD) at the school. I took all of Monday off because I wanted to make sure that the "routine" went smooth. GOOD THING I DID!!! I was waiting outside of the school to make sure she got settled in ESD when who should walk out of the cafeteria doors, but my little miss. I asked the closest faculty member, "Is that for ESD?" and she said, "No, those are the daycare vans." I advised her that my daughter was standing in the line for the daycare vans and she was supposed to be in ESD. Lucky I was there huh? Who knows where my daughter would have ended up.

On Tuesday (day #2 of Kindergarten) Jeff took Ry to school. She did wonderful. This time there was no issue with ESD. Everything worked out perfect.

I cannot believe that my baby is in school already, doesn't it seem like yesterday I was pregnant with her and working down on the curb??? Wow how time flies. I will post some pictures soon.