First Day of School

Today was Eleighsa's first day of school. There wasn't any lingering by the classroom door. She gave us both a confident, "See you later mom and dad!" while waving us out of the building. She loves her teachers and can you blame her? They are genuinely good women.

Today she learned that bees like sandboxes so it was off limits for the day. She colored a few pages and wrote her name. She had a snack of cookies and juice. Today was a chance for her to meet more friends and to learn the Pledge of Allegiance. It was a good day.

When I picked her up, her teacher talked to me about Elaina. She said that Eleighsa talked about "her baby" and about how she was just in mommy's belly. I'm just the rent-a-womb, it's her baby after all. She does an excellent job with her baby sister.

She wore a red polka dot tank top with red leggings. Yes...leggings have made a 20 year comeback. It's about time.

Now onto the pictures...

Tomorrow's Excitement

It's the eve of her big day...the day Eleighsa will be heading off to school. Ok...so it's not college and it happens to be only 2 minutes away. But this is big time for her. She's prepared for this day all summer and at last the day is arriving. She's had the items on her school list bought months ago. What was on that list? Napkins, tissues, and an art smock. Those items have been stowed away in her closet anxiously awaiting the day that they'll be taken to the bright lights of her very own cubby. She had to have her fingernails and toenails polished tonight. She's already chosen what she wants to eat for breakfast. All the while knowing she is carrying the cutest bookbag ever to have been made (thanks Aunt Luann & Uncle Paul!)

While visions of chalk dust and crayons dance in her head, I'm wondering where four years have gone. One minute I'm holding onto her hands to teach her to walk and the next I'm walking hand in hand with her to school. So much happens in so little time. Off to Pre-K she goes!