This is has been sort of an emotional week for me as I watched my baby girl walk into her Kindergarten class for the first time. This is day 3 for her and unfortunately I can’t seem to get very much accomplished today because I can’t stop thinking about her. So I thought a post about her first day would do me good.
Monday started with lots of nervous excitement for all of us. I found myself taking lots of deep breaths to maintain my composure. Katelyn popped out of bed and didn’t give me any trouble getting dressed. We went outside for our annual photo session before loading up for the inaugural drive to school.
On the way she kept saying “Mommy, I’m nervous!” So we started chanting as loud as we could “We’re NOT nervous!” because little did she know that Mommy was too! Luckily her first day was more of an orientation and Bart and I got to stay with her. We got to see her room, meet her teacher (Mrs. Tatom), and all her new classmates. She only stayed two hours that day and she came home excited to go back.
Day 2 was the real deal. I was to drop her off and drive away. I just couldn’t do it. I parked and walked her to the door trying to kill some time. She was super excited and didn’t appear nearly as nervous this time. She gave me a look back like “Hey Mom, I’ve got this!” and walked in the door and didn’t look back. I had to hurry to get Owen and Rosie back to the house so I could make a morning photo session so thankfully I didn’t have much time to dwell on what had just happened. She chose to go half day and when I picked her up she had a huge smile on her face and bounced to the car. I asked how her day went and she said “GREAT!” I asked her if she was ready for a nap and she replied “Yes ma’am! I’m tired!” Sounds like a good day in my book!
This morning began Day 3 and reality started to set in a bit. It was harder to get her out of bed and even harder to get her out the door. But when we pulled up to the school she hopped right out and walked in with one of the cheerleaders who were there to greet us. Owen cried for his sister as we pulled away.
I’m so thankful for happy beginnings. We love the school, are super excited about her teacher, and can’t wait to see all that she accomplishes this year! In my reminising I found all her old “first day” pictures and decided to put them together. My how she has grown!
Got to run! Time to pick her up and I can’t wait to hear about her day!
I love the pictures of her first day of school through the years… she is so blessed to have you for a mom.
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