Ella's First Day of School

Today was Ella's first day of school. She started a 2-morning a week 3 year old program at a Presbyterian church close to our house. Throughout the summer, she insisted that she was not going to school, but over the last month after we made a couple of visits and talked about it more, she thankfully changed her mind.

Rob and I bought her a Little Critter book about the first day of school and helped her backpack last night. This morning she asked for a "sprinkle pancake," bacon (veggie), canteloupe, and orange juice. She did great when I dropped her off--hung her backpack on the hook, tried out her spot on the carpet, and then went to a table where she saw some of her friends coloring with markers. She gave me a hug and kiss and that was it!

When I picked Ella up, these are the things she told me she did----colored with markers, played at the water table, went out for recess and rode the rocket, listened to a story about a mouse's first day of school, ate a cookie and drank "the best apple juice," and finger painted with red paint.

I, on the other hand, enjoyed a relaxing breakfast out with my mom friends before doing a few errands, including leisurely trying on a few clothes at Target and finding a $3 skirt! I think I...I mean, Ella....is going to love preschool!

smiling with her sprinkle pancake

breakfast of champions!

morning silly face for the camera

standing outside our house with her apple project

(We cut out pictures of things she likes and glued them onto the apple--
flowers, markers, scissors, balls, butterflies, fruit, celery, sandwiches, and dogs)

hanging her backpack up on its hook


standing next to her backpack, ready to start the day


trying out her mat on the carpet--last week she chose the one with fish on it


what she was doing when I left--
coloring with markers at a table with her friends