First day of kindergarten & high school

What?  Can you believe that's the real actual title of this post? Neither can I!  And if I think about it too much I'll start bawling!  No, I think I'm good now - the anticipation is always worse the reality, and I've had a few days to get used to it.  Jocelyn was so excited to go to kindergarten, and so ready to go.  She doesn't know anyone in her grade, and has never had to transition to a new environment before.  So needless to say I was a bit concerned about how the first week would go with my shy and not so sure about new things girl.  But, she has amazed me!  

Tuesday was drop in day, where parents come to school and you're there for about 2 hours meeting your teacher, all the rest of the specialists, and just getting used to school.  I'm so glad they have that - I really think it made all the difference.  Then Wednesday/Thursday they had half the kindergartners go one day, the other half the other day.  So it wasn't so overwhelming.  She had Wednesday, and did great!  It was a blessing that Calvin was home to take her - she does much better when he drops her off.  This morning when I dropped her off, she was clingy and didn't want me to leave.  But her teacher grabbed her hand, and off she went!  She loves her teacher, Mrs. M, loved everything about her day, and made new friends, but couldn't remember their names.  She has 18 kids in her class, with a student teacher and a teacher's aide.  It's a smaller school, and a lot of kids walk or ride their bikes. Today she rode her bike, and was proud to use her new bike lock. 

She hasn't been too tired, but I expect that to change next week when it's a full week.  They do have rest time, but she didn't sleep on Wednesday. She will have such an awesome year, and I'm so excited for her.  And so proud of my precious girl.

First day breakfast - Rice Krispies - her new favorite!

Off she goes!

Aren't their little lockers so cute?! They even get to hang up pictures in them.

Whew - made it thru the first day!

And then we have our big girl starting high school this year!  She was excited, but a bit nervous.  Thankfully the freshmen go by themselves on Tuesday, so they were able to figure out where all their classes were, get used to their locker and all that before the school is overrun with big kids!  She's playing in a few bands this year, and between that and 4H are the only extra activities she'll do.  Which is good for her - having to get used to a new school and new rules is hard!

So this is my first day off with no one here - it's weird!  Calvin's even gone today, so it's just me.  I ran some errands, watched TV and now did some blogging.  Almost time to go get my girl - I knew 7 hours would fly by!  I don't know yet what I'm going to do with my free time - I'm hoping to volunteer in her class once a week and I have lots of project to do around here.  The possibilities are exciting! But I do miss having her around.