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| A new charm for her bracelet...Minnie Mouse. |
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| Elizabeth and the neighbor boy who rides the bus with her |
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| Elle and Grant the pre-schoolers! |
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| Just focus on the braid here people! |
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| Hello Mr.Martin! |
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| That is her in the window there...it is oh so appropriate that she would choose the seat with the emergency window! |
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| She is so ready!!! |
The kids always get to choose their breakfast on the first day of school. EB wanted chocolate chip muffins so I made them from scratch and cooked them in our little Babycakes appliance. These are mini sized. She ate one and I burnt the last batch. The outfit went as planned - phew! We all took pictures and walked to the corner to catch the bus. The neighbor peeked down the road and said "Here comes the bus!" my stomach seized up inside of it's self and for a moment I considered grabbing her and running inside with her - NO you can't have her! But of course I wiped my lipstick mark off her forehead and watched her spring up the stair of the big yellow bus. Lord help me this is really happening. But not to fear we were loading up ourselves to meet her up at the school. We could go into the gym where the kids would all be assembled with their classes, give our last hugs and take a few more dozen pictures and then finally say goodbye for good (well until 11:30 anyway!). There was just one problem...Elizabeth wasn't there. Was the bus late? Did they take her directly to the classroom? Was their an accident? My (yes my) 4th grade teacher and the principal were working hard to track her down. Parent's aren't allowed in the classroom on the first day so they were trying to bring her to me. In their defense, neither of them knew what she looked like. Good thing they give us those name tags to put on them! But no they didn't find her. So I took pictures of Elizabeth's class walking to their room only to suddenly hear a friend yell "Alison! She's over here!" And there she was marching down the hallway at the front of her class. So I did what any sane first time kindergarten mommy would do...(no I didn't run after her, B would have restrained me for sure!) I tossed my arms in the air and yelled "Goodbye Elizabeth!!!" (yes picture a low budget 80's film and I'm sure that's how I looked). She didn't turn her head I knew she couldn't hear me. Brandon gave me a nod and I knew we had to leave...she was gone. My dear 4th grade teacher tracked us down outside and said she had tried to find her but couldn't. She promised to go to the classroom and give her a hug from me. Thank goodness for a small community where my previous teacher could tell my daughter goodbye for me! Oh my and it wasn't even 8:35 yet!
When she got off the bus she ran into my arms!! She had a wonderful day. My friend told me that the principal had personally escorted her off the bus and into the line with her class. She talked about two boys and asked when she could get a phone ("I'm just joking mom!"). Her hair tie broke but that perfect braid stayed in pretty well! Tomorrow she will tackle all day and (drum roll please...) hot lunch! I think she is going to love school!
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