First Day of School

Today was Jacqui's first day of school. We (I) were planning to wake up at 8am to get ready for school, but she woke up on her own at 6(!) and asked about every 10 minutes until 0830 "Is it time for me to go to my school yet?" She is going to Lincoln Heights Elementary and her teacher's name is Mrs. Coyote. She is in the AM kindergarten from 9-1130. She was very excited to start school today and did not even blink when I left the classroom, "Bye mom, don't forget to pick me up later".

I went to pick her up and she was the last child to come running to the open arms of parents, as she was much more interested in all the other kids on the playground and didn't think she was quite ready to be with mom yet (such an independent little thing!). So I picked her up and we walked to the car, all the while her telling me the story of her day at about a mile a minute.

Her synopsis of her day went something to the effect of "Oh my gosh mom, they have 3 frogs! They are tree frogs, you know, so they can climb... They are green... We got to feed them crickets today and their little tongues go out all the time... It is SO cool. We have one fish, only 1, not three like the frogs. And I answered all the teachers questions today and I was always right because I am SO smart. Huh Mom? (Yes, dear). We got to play on the slides and the toys, and the slide has 2 bumps on it and it was so fun! And I got to play with the creative big blocks..."

Needless to say, it was a very successful first day and she had a blast! I was able to go and work out for an hour and run an errand which was great. 2 1/2 hours isn't much, but I found it just enough to have a small amount of me time... I think we are both going to like this new transition.