Off to school ...

So my girl is off to school.
SO hard to believe it is that time...time for her to start kindergarten. She was very excited to go and I know she is going to just love school. Did I cry her first day? I walked her to class and was fine...she eagerly went into her class and sat down at the table with the other children.

and then...the teacher gave me a small ziploc bag...inside a tea bag and cotton ball...
with this note...

then I had tears...tears of joy :) MY BABY GIRL IS BECOMING A BIG GIRL!
my girl was in school...and I already was happy with her teacher...
(although I must admit, knowing that her teacher was teacher of the year for the whole school last year did mean something)
Ava's first day was a half day with just a handful of other children in her class. Her first "real" day was today, Friday. She went the whole day with the whole class. Last night, we had a First Day of School Eve dinner. ((I was inspired by another blog I read, Nienie dialogues...see link on this page.....the author survived a fatal plane crash, forever changed...her crash was a year ago....you should read her entries from even before her crash...amazing lady with amazing faith and love for life....she inspires me))
Ava decided she wanted pizza and ice cream...so that is what we had....yummmm :)



with full tummies we all went to bed and in the morning off to her first big day of school.
Ava really wanted to ride the bus and we decided she could ride it home. (the bus comes too early in the morning...)
Here she is ...all smiles after her first ride on the bus...

so...what did she say was her favorite thing from her first big day?

"riding on the bus with NO seatbelt"

hmmm...