Today marked Ava's first official school day, starting kindergarten with Mrs. Lloyd. She will be attending for the full day every day (8:10 - 2:40).
Ava has been talking about Kindergarten for months and was SO excited that it was finally the day to go! They ease them in to the first day by starting later and inviting the parents to attend for an hour of orientation, a short recess, and lunch. During that first hour, the kids did a scavenger hunt to find things in their classroom, Mrs. Lloyd read them a story, and then they got to take a school bus ride for about a half hour to get used to it and learn some things about bus safety. While the kids were on the bus, Mrs. Lloyd gave us all information about what the school year would be like, expectations, etc. It was really an enjoyable and well-organized morning. I didn't find it too hard to say goodbye to Ava after all of that - she was already adjusting well and it didn't seem all that different than dropping her off at daycare.
Tomorrow will be a little different in that she will ride the school bus for the first time from our neighborhood. I expect to get pretty choked up about sending her off that way, it definitely seems more like "letting go". At the end of the school day the daycare will pick her up in their own little short bus ;-).
Here is our cute, confident school girl!
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She looks so grown-up in that pic! I'm glad the first day went so well. I hope tomorrow goes well for both of you.
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