Life and Times of a Teacher Mom: Ella's First Day of Preschool!

Today was Ella's 1st day of preschool! She was very excited about going this morning and talked the entire way to the school. However, when we arrived she got nervous and I had to leave her crying for Mommy. When I went to pick her up Mrs. Laura said she had a good day but didn't interact a lot. She was quiet most of the day, sat back, and took in all that was going on. Hopefully it won't take too long for her to get comfortable with the other kids in her class and make friends. The only things she really told us about the day were that one of the little boys had a bloody nose and that she got to eat 2 snacks today. I'm hoping that tomorrow she will at least be able to remember what she ate for lunch! :-)

Here are a couple of pictures from this morning.

Sorry this one is so dark. Our tradition is to measure the kids on the back of the laundry room door at the beginning of the school year, at Trent's birthday, and at the end of the school year/Ella's birthday (Ella's birthday is so close to the end of school that we combine those together). For some reason Ella wasn't measured at her birthday so the last mark is from January. It's hard to see but Ella has grown almost 2 inches in the past 8 months.

This is Ella's very excited picture!

This is Ella's cute picture to make Mommy happy.

This is the only picture Ella was worried about getting...the picture with her bookbag of course!

And a picture so you can see what Ella's pink book bag looks like. I know it's looks a bit big but it had to be big enough to carry her folder back and forth to school. Anybody want to guess what color folder is inside the book bag????? I bet it's PINK!!