First Day of Kindergarten

 She looks so big here.  This is the first day of Kindergarten. She picked her outfit out herself.  The t-shirt has some sort of shiny vest sewn onto it and the skirt is very Chanel 2001.  I guess wearing matching shoes and socks was not in the cards for her.  Both my mom and I suggested changing her shoes and removing the scarf, but the scarf matches the shoes and that is what she wanted to wear.  And really, how many times do you have a first day of kindergarten.  Who am I to make her choose not to look like a crazy bag lady?  She has years of conformity ahead.

 Grandma and Grandpa showed up to make the long slog to school.  We ran into a friend of hers from the previous year on the way.  It was all very exciting!

She has a student teacher in her class this year, which is pretty cool.  I think the student is about my age, which is even better.  She has a kindergartner too, but he attends another school.  

Peanut was a little nervous attending this year.  Not many of her friends are in her class.  I think she knew only a handful of kids.  She had a specific teacher that she wanted, and she didn't get her.  Her class is also separated from the other classes.

There is a little boy sitting in the chair at the top of the picture.  He kept telling peanut how excited he was to see her and kept going on and on.  I think he calmed her down a lot, but she was still apprehensive when I left.

When I picked her up, she bounded toward me jumping practically out of her skin with excitement.  It made me so happy that I smiled for the rest of the day.  Of course, she couldn't tell me about her day nor could she tell me who was in her class, but she did say that she really liked her teacher a lot.

I really hope she has a good year.  I never remember being apprehensive about going to school myself.  I was a ball of nerves on the days leading up to her first day.  She is such a special little girl who is so full of spirit and life.  I want everyone around her to know and I worry that she will be misunderstood or labeled one way or another.  She is truly the freest person I know.  I want her to be around people who encourage that.

So far, I have heard that the centers are really good in her classroom, and that they aren't allowed to play with the science centers yet, but if they ask, they can play with the math ones.  The math is her favorite (YAY)!  I don't know if she just says that to please me, but it makes me really happy.