1st day of Kindergarten

Hannah is officially a schoolgirl.  Sure she's had 2yrs of preschool, but today we officially started elementary school.  We are thrilled that the school is right at the end of our street...  it is a fun walk with other neighborhood families in the morning!!

Of course throughout the summer Hannah has woken up anywhere between 5:30 and 6:30am.  And I would groan and complain.  And then about 10 days ago she started sleeping til about 7:30am.  I never thought I'd have to wake her up to get ready for school.  But I suppose "let sleeping babies lie" isn't going to apply any more.  (Hey!  Maybe she'll sleep in on the weekends.  Although quite possibly I will have to wake her up every day in the week and on weekends she'll wake up at 6am.  We'll see.)

Glen and I had parent's evening on Tuesday and met Mrs James, her teacher, and spent some time in her classroom getting some important information, asking questions, and looking over what they'll be learning.  It was exciting.  A lot of it she already knows, but if the environment is stimulating and fun and she makes new friends then we'll be so so pleased.

Today Glen came home from work for a while so that we could take pictures, walk to school together, and then spend the first part of the day doing a scavenger hunt around the school with her and getting us all oriented.  The kids then gathered on the carpet, we all did the pledge, after which the teacher read "The night before Kindergarten".  EMOTIONAL.  And then they all turned and waved goodbye and off we went.  The walk home seemed a little lonely.

The best result though... when we picked her up she gave us two thumbs up.  She had a great day!!  Success!!