KINDERGARTEN!!!!!

Oh yeah-today was the big day! We now officially have a child in the public school system. Ahhhh...actually, it was not as bad as I feared, and I think she is going to have a great day and LOVE school! I cannot wait for her to come home and tell me all about it! Here are a few (hundred) pictures of our day so far, but first a quick explanation. She will be riding the bus to and from school, but today I wanted to drive her and get her settled in and everything. However, last night Wes mentioned, in front of Solace, that he had talked to our neighbor and her plan was to get her kids on the bus, let them ride it over, meet them there and then help them get settled. So, Solace loved that idea and begged me to do that. I thought it was a pretty good plan (then I can see what she does when she gets off the bus and make sure she knows where to go). That is what we did today (though I am picking her up today-we will do the WHOLE bus thing tomorrow!) Without further ado, here is my kindergartner on her first day, this morning:

She came in my bed at 6:30 (her biggest fear about school was that her mom would not wake up early enough to get her to school-not a bad thing to worry about when her mom is up all night with her baby sister-she solved the problem by coming in early!!) This is her holding Kindle while I get her breakfast ready-she ate cereal breakfast in bed this morning. Note the curlers in her hair-she insisted she start the year with curly hair-it never holds, and was almost gone by the time I left the school, but what can you do?! Brushing her teeth (please ignore messy bathroom...)
Outside the house before going to the bus stop
Yes, she posed herself-the hand under chin thing was a must for her.
Wahoo-finally time for school!!!
YESSSS, let's go!!!
A is yelling wahoo in this one!!
At the bus stop with her friends (our neighbors down the street)

Getting on the bus

Looking back at mom

At the school finally!


Showing E the way to her class.

At her backpack place
In her seat at her table-only one other girl was at her table-there are many more boys that girls it appeared...
E took this pic of mom and S. Aren't we cute?!
Mom misses Solace already, but I did ok dropping her off-no tears! Amazing, I know! She was a bit hesitant to get on the bus initially and turned back for reassurance. As the bus drove off, she waved out the window, looking a bit nervous still, but by the time I met the bus at school, all that had disappeared. She was excited, comfortable and ready to get this party started! I had her lead us to her classroom to make sure she remembered where to go. She confidently took Ender by the hand and led the way (I followed with the other kids in the double stroller). She easily remembered everything from Back to School night on Monday, and walked straight to her hook, put her bag on it, and walked into her classroom and straight to her seat. When she got there she did not have her crayons to color her paper so she went to look in her cubby. When it was not there, she asked her teacher, and the teacher showed her where she had put them. She was happily coloring at her table when I left. I am totally psyched to hear ALL about it when we pick her up today-thank goodness it is a short day so I only have to wait a couple more hours!