Back to school

Madisynn started school last week!  She was so excited, and so ready.  I on the other hand was not so ready for her to start.  She is my baby, and she is just so tiny, it's hard to believe that we are at this point.  Because she was excited, I needed to show my excitement for her, and I did.  So on the afternoon of the 29th I took pictures, and then we bravely walked to the school for Madisynn's first big day of big kid school.

Madisynn has a friend from church that is in her class.  I'm so glad that she has a buddy that she already knows.  So I had to take a picture with Maddie, her buddy MaKayla, Kenzie and MaKayla's little sister Kaley:

 

And of course a picture with just the 2 of them:

Then the time came.  Mrs. Dunbar opened the door greeted us, and gave specific instructions to help our kids get backpacks hung up and to find their desk, and say our goodbyes.  

Maddie at her desk all set and ready for Mom and Dad to leave:

I have to say I held it together pretty well.  I didn't cry in front of her.  I told her to have a fun day, to behave, that I loved her and that we would see her in a few hrs. Then kissed her and said goodbye.  I cried on the way home.  I got myself together though, and called my BFF Brittnie.  She made me feel better. =)  I made it through the rest of the day without crying and I was excited to pick Maddie up at the end of the day.

Maddie was a true star!

McKenzie started school today September 6th, and she has been waiting so patiently to go.  I decided to try something new this year with Kenzie.  I decided to enroll her in a charter school.  It's brand new this year so lucky us we get to be the group that works out all the bugs.  Why did McKenzie start so late?  Well the construction on the inside of the school wasn't quite done yet, and they didn't wan the teachers to be stressed and panicky so they moved the start date back a week.  McKenzie was supposed to start the same day as Maddie.  It really would have been nice to have had them start on the same day,  I was all prepared for it,  Oh well.  So this new start date only effects the end of school by 2 days.  That's okay with me, not a big deal.

Over Labor day weekend the staff and volunteers moved stuff into the school.  Labor day they actually had the open house to be able to go around and see the school.  See who the teacher's were.  How drop off and pick up work.  I really felt that Kenzie needed to see who her teacher was and know where she was going, and not just go into it cold turkey.  I was glad we went, it settled my nerves some.

This morning bright and early I woke McKenzie up.  She was excited to get up and wear her school uniform jumper.  She hurried up and got dressed.  Then I did her hair really cute, and then she ate breakfast.  We really had to hurry because we still weren't sure on drop off procedures. We grabbed her lunch, she has to have cold lunch all year since this building is only temporary until they build the new one.  This building doesn't have a kitchen to be able to do school lunch.  This doesn't bother me though because Kenzie had cold lunch almost everyday last year.  I had to do some cute pictures of Kenzie on her first day before going to school. 

Had to also get some of Kenzie posing when I did Maddie's pictures:

Everything went smoothly dropping Kenzie off this morning.  She went into shy mode when she got to her classroom.  It was hard to leave her there.  She was just so far away from what I was used to.  I knew she would do fine though.  I did not cry, which i'm very proud of.  I kept myself busy trying not to think about it, and before i knew it it was time to go pick her back up.  Pick up was going to be crazy, so we got to the school 10 min. early and already the pick up line was backed up.  We decided to go into the school and wait, since we had to be back to pick maddie up from school.  We picked kenzie up with no problems, and in the car she told me about her day.

She is so excited to be going to Endeavor hall, and to be an Eagle... She had an awesome day!  She told me about lunch, and art, and the library. She made a friend, her name is Sky.  Kenzie went on and on how at recess the school principle played football with her and Sky.  They just threw the football back and forth to each other.  I really like her principle he is an awesome guy, and is going to do such a great job running this school!  I am going to think positive and we are all going to have a fantastic year.  Really we are!  Thanks for reading folks. =)