Counting down started at the beginning of the year, yet no official countdown (requiring paper chains, calendars, or cupcakes) ever took place. Up to even days before the first day of Kindergarten, I was still in limbo of where Ad would be attending. Keeping Ad and C8 with their same daycare provider (my twin sister) was the ideal situation, but just was not an option if Ad would be attending “our” elementary school. Attempts to register her in my sister’s elementary school proved futile with an overabundance of 5-year-olds in the area, and no room for an “out-of-area” foreigner, yet they left it with hope for a possibility of cancellations.
Long story short, Ad is attending “our” school and daycare situations have been rearranged. Both girls have new schedules, new daycare location and provider, and new “friends”. Along with that, I have a new level of stress, and guilt factor. It comes with the territory. And I still can’t believe my baby is old enough to attend school!
But let’s not overshadow the excitement that was the first day of Kindergarten! Ad woke up bright and early, and did everything “big girls” do – showered, got dressed in an outfit she picked out, based on Aunt Jill’s style, and even did her hair (with a headpiece from “Jill’s store“).
With Kindergarten at 8:00 am, Ad needed a good breakfast which consisted of her favorite waffles, and milk from a “big girls’ glass”. (Starting to see the pattern here?)
Excitement ensued throughout the morning, including making up her own lyrics to “Silver and Gold” and singing them during different activities: “fork and knife. fork and knife. Mom is cutting my waffles with fork and knife.”
But the closer we got to school, the more the excitement started to fade, and the apprehension started to grow. Behold:
You can imagine my relief, at the end of the day, when she greeted me with “MOM! I want to go to Kindergarten EVERY SINGLE DAY!”
I think she liked it.
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First day of kindergarten is so big!! She is so cute!
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Wow! I am wanting to cry for you. Such a grown up girl.
My BABY is 19!
I remember those days so well.
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I think she will be perfectly fine. She looks great!
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That is great! So proud of her (and you)!
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It’s only her 2nd day and she’s STILL excited! Love the picture of her face in the last picture! She wasn’t quite sure if she should be there ot not! Glad she loves it! No need for guilt.
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Ok first tell her that Aunt Vanessa says 100% perfecto perfect outfit. She looked SO COOL. 2nd I totally can see her getting more and more nervous in her face
Awww Miss Adalyn
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She looks adorable.
You are such an amazing mom. And it shows in how lovely your daughter, well both your daughters, are.
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awww she looks adorable and the feedback should relieve some of that guilt – kindergarten every day! YAY!
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Oh wow. She looked darling!
I thought the guilt was bad when I just had a dog that I left everyday…I think you will really like having her in the local school. We drive 30min. for our charter school. I don’t love it, but two out of three boys recommend it (the third, not so happy this year).
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so cute
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What a great morning!! Super Mom. I hope she is adjusting and loves being a “big girl” in kindergarten.
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she looks so adorable and you did such an amazing job of making her first day special.
I’m sorry you weren’t able to get her in at your sis’s school. We need to visit- it has been a while.
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