Kindergarten- Here we come!

Our baby girl started kindergarten today. We have been leading up to this moment for so long it seems and yet here it was sooner than I was expecting. Katelynn was excited to go today. I think she was a little nervous, but the excitement overruled that. She woke up at 5:50 a.m. (normally wakes between 7 and 7:30) because she couldn't wait to go. We got her all ready and then I surprised her with a "new" breakfast: French Toast Sticks! Of course they were a huge hit (what isn't that you can eat with syrup?). We all loaded up in the car and headed to school!

The boys all stayed in the car (Jonathan included) and I walked Katelynn in for her first day. We got her settled and snapped a picture with her teacher and then I gave her a hug, and she moved straight to her desk to get started on her first task of the day. It was that easy! She didn't even hesitate, and neither one of us shed a single tear. I have to say I was a bit shocked. I expected to be a blurry mess, but I wasn't at all. It was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

The day didn't even drag by. Justin, Ryan, and I played in the basement, baked a giant cookie for our new kindergartener, vacuumed the van out, and headed back to school for pickup. It wasn't until I seen Katelynn outside waiting for us that I started to get all teary-eyed. It was such a relief to know that my baby girl made it through her first day of kindergarten and was coming out smiling! She had a GREAT day! Her only complaint is she has to wait until Friday to return.