"Wake Up! It's the First Day of School!"

For as long as I went to school - from preschool through college - my mom would either come into my bedroom (when I lived with her) or call me (when I lived on my own) on the first day of school and say, "Wake up! It's the first day of school!" Today, I got to continue the tradition with my little girl. Today was her very first day of preschool, and she did great! She enjoyed an enormous breakfast: eggs, yogurt, toast, and a banana. Then, I got her dressed, and we were out the door with her new backpack. She walked into school like she owned the place, and didn't look back!

School is three hours long, and so I picked her up right around lunchtime. She seemed very happy as she was walking out with her teacher. She announced that she was hungry and said that she wanted to go back to school. The entire ride home, I was trying to get information out of her. What did you do today? Did you eat a snack? Did you hear a story? Did you get to sing ABCs? Did you play on the playground? It was like pulling teeth! The only somewhat reliable information I got out of her was that she ate goldfish and heard a story about God and how he put stars in the sky. How sweet!

I'm going to call today a success. We'll see how Thursday goes!