If you see any of our posts on Facebook, you know we had quite a bit of build up to the first day! We celebrated for what felt like a week . . . to the point where I was ready for it to start. We baked a 1st day of school cake (thank you mom for the idea), filled Ella's room with balloons, had a celebration night of fun a couple of days before school started, met new classmates for a playdate to curb first day anxiety, and the Back to School fairy even came to visit with some starting Kindergarten fun books for Ella.
The first day came and we were all up and ready to go. Uniform on - check! Homemade granola bars (requested!) for breakfast - check!, first day pictures - check!, leaving on time - check!, sitting in traffic for over 30 minutes - check! That's right - we were late for the first day of Kindergarten. The nice thing was that Ella wasn't the first in class, and she also wasn't the last. (It wasn't like we were the last car in the line of traffic.) It was probably a blessing because it was a mad dash to the classroom, put away things in the cubby, and get her to her seat so Mrs. Wagner could start their day. No time for sentimental thoughts, tears, or long goodbyes. So needless to say, we all did fine. And mom will never forget that her child, yes this teacher's first born, was late to the first day of Kindergarten. Off to a strong start! Don't worry - by day to we were extremely early. Now we just need to work on finding the middle ground. :)
Her prayer that night was "Dear God, please let tomorrow at school be just a great as today. It was wonderful." Precious. Our daughter is in love with Kindergarten, and I fall more in love with her sweet heart.
