We all made it through day 1!! What a fun morning we had! It was such a big event in our house this morning, as well as last night. We laid out everyone's outfits last night, picked what we wanted for breakfast in the morning and went to be early. I set my alarm for the first time in a long time. I'm not sure I'm going to like that part of this whole "school" thing :) I can't remember the last time I showered before 7 am!
I was so afraid I would miss my alarm this morning, so it took me awhile to go to sleep. I woke up a couple of times in the night to check the time. 6:10am, the alarm went off and I jumped out of bed. I got myself showered and dressed and then Rylee came out of her bedroom ready for her big day! Wyatt followed shortly after. I got them breakfast, ate some fruit and then we got the kiddos dressed.
Rylee has been into having her picture taken lately, so she happily let me take a million pictures of her this morning :)
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| Wearing our 'Best Friends' necklaces :) |
Rylee asked to ride in Daddy's truck to school (of course -- it's way cooler than the van), and Wyatt never passes up an opportunity to ride in the truck. So, I rode alone in my soccer mom mobile to the school. Until we get moved into our new place, it's a 25 minute drive to school 4 times a week.
On my drive I was checking my mood -- nope, not really sad. That lasted until I helped Ry get out of the truck at the school....
I held her hand as we walked up to the school. The other kids were all standing outside with their parents because they don't let us in until a certain time. As we were walking, Rylee said, "I'm a little nervous." I assured her it was okay to be nervous and that the other kids are probably all nervous too.
After just a couple of minutes we got to go into the building. There was a line of staff (the principal, etc) welcoming us to the building with a cheery "Good Morning". I started to feel the emotions building up.
We got to Rylee's hallway and were headed to her locker. When she opened it and hung up her back pack all by herself my heart melted and I almost completely lost it! "I'm not going to make it," I thought.
I held her hand tight as we walked over to the sign in sheet. My eyes were getting a bit glassy and I could barely read the sheet. I signed her in, gave her a big hug and told her to have a good day. I was pretty choked up, but I managed to say, "I can't wait to pick you up and hear all about your day!" And then, just like that, she was whisked into the room by her teacher and I had to get out of the way for the next parent to say their goodbyes to their child.
On the way out of the school I was able to gain my composure and think about what was next on my "to do" list for the day. Since I had Wyatt with me and had to make sure he didn't get run over by cars in the parking lot, I didn't have much time to process how hard it was to leave my baby girl.
Fast forward three hours.....
I couldn't wait to pick up Rylee and got there about five minutes early. We had to wait outside once again until they let us in. When we got to the classroom hallway we had to stand in line and wait our turn to sign our child out and get them from the classroom. When it was my turn and I saw her coming out of the room, I got choked up again! She looked five years older!! I was just sure I missed more than three hours of her life!
She went to her mailbox and got her drawing she made and then came out to me. I gave her a hug, told her I missed her and we went to her locker. Wyatt got her pack pack (as he calls it) for her and we headed down the hallway. I told her I couldn't wait to hear about her day!
Once we were in the van I asked her a million questions about her day. I think we talked about her short three hours the entire 25 minutes back to Ames. To Summarize:
* She loved it
* She can't wait to go back tomorrow
* She finally remembers her teachers' names
* She doesn't know any of her classmates names
* She liked "choice time" the best (she played with the kitchen set)
* Recess was fun and she didn't need a push on the swing
* Drawing was fun
* None of the kids cried :)
* She had a banana and chocolate milk for snack
* She likes bananas now (won't eat them at home)
* She needed help getting her milk carton open
* One of the boys (of course - hehe) got in trouble
I knew she was going to love it and I'm so so glad she did!!
As it is very hot today and our pool is still open, we went for a short swim before coming home. I would say this day has been a success :)
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