First Day of School

We all knew this day would come. Sarah attended her first day of preschool today (sniff, sniff). We enrolled her at our church preschool (or as Sarah calls it "pretty school") for one day a week. As you can see from the first photo, Sarah was pretty excited about being a big girl and getting to go to school.

This is the photo as we are getting out of the car. I felt a little silly taking photos of her in the parking lot until I saw other "first-timers" doing the same.

We are all ready to enter the school. Look at the cute UK bag I found for her. We had difficulty finding anything that little 26 pound Sarah could carry. This bag is short enough, but was still too heavy for her to carry lunch, a change of clothes and her binder. We may have to go back to the drawing board on this one.

Here is Sarah's classroom. She was assigned to the three year old room, but I think she can handle it. She already knows some of the kids from church and the little girl at the corner of the table (Allie) is her friend from day care. You can also see Noah or "baby NoNo" as Sarah likes to call him, to the right of the screen. He is Allie's little brother. Sarah is just crazy about him. She has recently taken to answering our questions in baby talk and trying to put diapers on over her clothes. I think her fondness of Noah is the reason for this...

Sarah and Allie in deep conversation.

Sarah also knows Emma from Bible class as well. I think she will have a great year with all of her friends.

I took a quick (yet crooked) photo of the class roster. Notice that there are two Sarah's in class. This will be a first for our girl. She is used to being an original (and then some).

After a quick bathroom break (in which Sarah became a little clingy), I quickly ushered her back to class. Luckily, she becomes lost in coloring her letter A page. I sense it is time for me to go.

I took some quick photos of the two year old class.

And the four year old class (the two girls on the end go to day care with Sarah as well).

I take one final photo through the glass (hoping Sarah would not notice me, but I think she did)

I actually took one hour to buy some birthday presents at Kohl's and pick up a few groceries (I didn't know what to do with myself without a toddler in tow). I even graded a few papers and did the dishes! Many days, I will be at work while she is at school, but I plan to take advantage of these precious hours of quiet on occassion.

All in all, it was a great day. Her note home said she learned the letter A and Number 0, she made friendship crunchies in the kitchen, she had music, PE, Science, Art, and a Bible lesson on making friends like Jonathon and David. She flipped her binder all the way home talking about what she had learned. Our girl is growning up!