And She's Off!

This morning marked a big milestone for our little lady. Today she, along with 24 other classmates, embarked on their educational journey as the Class of 2024. Her very first day of Kindergarten!

She was super excited to be going to "big school" as we have been calling it around our house. Yesterday we got to meet her teacher and move in all of her stuff into her classroom. She was happy to see a friend from her day care in her class, as well as a little boy who played soccer with her last fall.

We were up bright and early, much earlier than ANY of us get up, but she actually got out of bed without any fights with us. She put on her uniform with no problem and the only time she was upset this morning is when we informed her that she could not take a sleeping buddy to school with her.

See how excited she is!

Patrick and I both took her to school this morning, although the bulk of the driving will now fall to Patrick. After 5 years of doing most of the day care drop offs/pick ups it will be weird for me not to be getting her. But we are thrilled that Patrick's boss is letting him flex his schedule so that Morgan spends as little time as possible in the after-school care program.

She practically ran up the stairs to the school, leaving Patrick and me in the dust!

We made it to her classroom and we found her seat. She gave her Daddy a kiss while Mama tried hard not to cry (I didn't, but it was hard).

As we left she was already started working very hard on her first "assignment". She didn't even notice when we left!

So it's started. The next 13 years of our lives will revolve around school, homework, field trips, and PTA meetings. It's a whole new world for our entire family, but one that we are ready to take on. If you would, say a little prayer for our gal today as she starts this journey. No doubt there will be bumps in the road, but I hope things go as smoothly as possible for her over the coming years.

I asked her about how she felt about going to school...this was the (non) response.

**At the end of the school day, Daddy picked her up from school. When asked how her first day of school went, she said "Sigh....you don't want to know." HAHA, the drama! She was absolutely exhausted and a bit cranky after school. She fell asleep almost immediately after getting in the car. But she was excited about going back on Friday. I think she likes school so far!**