first day of school

This was the scene in my living room last night:

Em took every piece of new clothes for school, laid it all out & made outfits. All except the first 2 matched. It helps though that almost eveything I bought is mix & match. She did this & then picked out what she wanted to wear for the first day.
OK, this kid did not go to bed until midnight. I don't know if it was cause she was excited or what. Then this morning, I woke her up & at first she was kinda groggy, then she started moving her arms up & down & goes, "My big school! Today I go to my big school!" I said, "Yes, you do!" and she said, "I should go get dressed." :) I love that kid. Got all dressed, ready for photos...and I couldn't find my camera! I knew she had it last night, but it was nowhere to be found. 5 minutes later (which felt like 30 minutes) I found it & by then she wasn't in the mood. Got a couple photos though...just not big smiles.






(BTW, check out the natural tan on that kid...I'm jeleous of my own child)

So we finally make it out the door & off to school. Find a space to park, way on the other side of the school of course. We start to make our way to her classroom & I see a girl walking towards us that looks familer. All of a sudden the girls face lights up & she goes, "EMMA!" and throws her arms open. Em takes off running to her & she picks Em up & hugs her & spins her around. Sydney from daycare. She's a 'big kid', goes before & after school only, she's in 5th grade this year. Em loves her & Sydney loves Em. We walked away & I asked Em if that made her happy that she got to see Sydney & she said yes. I told her that she will see her again on the way to the daycare after school and Em goes, "Sydney will keep me safe." Again, I love that kid.
Make it to her classroom, find her cubby for her backpack & find her name at a table. A table with her & 2 other boys, she will be in heaven. :) The teacher had the TV on, with Sponge Bob, so that kind of distracted Em. She sat right down & gave me a hug & kiss, asked when I was going to pick her up & said good bye. And my baby was in school, just like that.

The daycare picked her up today. I had asked her if she wanted me to or not & she said she just wanted me to drop her off so I can help her find her classroom, but she wanted to come back to daycare after school. I picked her up & got no info from her. Just that school was good & she needs a water bottle cause it's hot & they don't have time to go to the water fountian. That's it. My mom called to ask her how it was & she kept saying, yes, yes, yes, good, fine, yes. Then we got home & I told her she needed to call her dad & let him know how school was & she said, "Why does everyone want to know? Why does everyone keep asking me? I'm tired of talking. Why can't I just tell you & then you tell them?" OK. She was asleep by 6pm on the couch. I woke her up to move her to bed & asked if she was ready to go back to school again tomorrow. She shook her head & said the name of her school & went right back to sleep.