First Day of Kindergarten

Her "cute pose," as she coined it.
Littlest Pet Shop backpack, bigger than her body.

In front of Hardy.
In front of her classroom
With her buddies, Katie and Haylee, outside the 1st grade room. They get lockers and Audrey was jealous!

Well, we made it through the first day of school. Or rather should I say, I made it through the first day of school. It was very strange to walk into an actual school, not just a preschool, and know that I was going to be leaving my baby there. Being a teacher, it would have felt more natural to stay there myself than to actually be dropping off my child for 8 hours. Because I've stayed home since Audrey was a newborn I've never had to drop her off anywhere for 8 hours unless I wanted to have a night out and we shipped the kids to grandma's. Other than that, I've been able to do as I please and keep whatever schedule I want for my kids for the past 5 years and I liked it that way...but those are my issues. Although I felt very excited for her and know that she is way more than ready for school it was still a bittersweet feeling. It's like that chapter of her life is over and it's time for a new adventure. The baby years are done and now it's time for the school years.

Audrey on the other hand was super excited about school. Her teacher's name is Miss Madaleno and she seemed very nice. Audrey likes her because she is young and pretty. That always works to the teachers' advantage when dealing with young girls, and probably high school boys. Her school is very nice and I feel very confident in the education she will receive there. I'm sure there will be many more school related postings in the near future. Stay tuned...