First Day of Kindergarten

Today is Monday, August 27th, THE most traumatic day of my life........Gracie's first day of kindergarten! I really thought I would do okay, and I WAS doing okay until I saw Mimi, the mother of one of Gracie's little friends, start crying...then I lost it. Of course, it being my first child, I had a legitimate excuse right? Well, this was Mimi's second go-round at the whole "first day" thing so, obviously, it won't be any easier when its Adam's turn. Oh well, at least I'll know what to expect. : )

This picture is taken at home. Gracie has her backpack on, her lunch is packed and she is ready to go!! I was bearly able to talk her into posing for half a second.

Okay, at this point, we've made it to school and we're attempting to go throught the breakfast line. Gracie is suppose to find her teacher's name, then pull her cafeteria id card. First hurdle: Colwill, Ellie....the cards are filed by last name (first), then first name (last).......neither of which she is used to seeing on a routine basis. Second hurdle: opening the milk carton.....I watched as this little bitty paper carton even got the best of a fifth grader. How on earth will my child EVER master this seemingly simple task? Maybe we better do breakfast at home for a while longer. : )

After 10 minutes of struggling with the milk carton, Gracie finally starts eating breakfast. Her first official school cafeteria meal was a waffle and some peaches. All of which, with milk, cost .80 cents. Not bad. About 5 minutes in, the 8:20 bell rang and we had to go line up in the hallway with her classmates. Yes, I think we're going to have to fix breakfast at home.

Walking the hallway to Ms. Glaze's classroom.

Here she is cued up in line to enter her classroom. There were probably one hundred people in this small, cramped hallway.....parents taking pictures while waiting for the kids to be waived into class.

The final wave goodbye. I held it together for about 2 minutes after this picture was taken then the water works started.

Her school held a "Boo-hoo/Yahoo" coffee for all the parents. I was there for the kleenex.

Just some recent pictures

August 4th - My two little angels. : )