First day of pre-school

 

And she's off.  I'll make this short and sweet.  Sister was sooo ready to go to school.  When I went into her room this morning she was sitting on her bedroom floor reading a book and she looked up at me and said: "Good morning, mommy.  I had good sleep.  I go to school today!" 

 

We took our first day photos on the front porch like we always do and when I look at those pictures I am always so glad we got a new front door and the ugly steel one with the peeling paint is gone. :) Unfortunately, my camera's quality of photos completely stinks, so our memories of this day will always be a little too bright and off color.  Oh well, the subject is still cute.

 

And she wasn't a bit nervous.  She got out of the car and put on her backpack and headed into school ready to go.  She never even looked back to hold my hand.  Her body language was all like 'I got this, mom.'

When she saw her teacher, Miss Molly, she ran up and hugged her.  Just what I needed - to see a little dose of  hugs for my girl before I surrendered her to school. 

She found a seat right away and said, "Good-bye, mom.  Have a good day."  There were no tears like some of the other kids clinging to their mom's pant legs.  And I was so proud of  my girl and her independence and excitement for school, I didn't even cry.  I was all like 'You so got this, girl.'