I won't dwell too long on it, but how in the world is this girl old enough for kindergarten??? And all-day kindergarten, at that? :(
Despite my reservations, Eve was very excited! Cinnamon rolls to celebrate her first day, Monday, August 22nd.
When we opened the front door to head out, we found a loaf of bread with a 'happy first day of school' note from a friend in the ward - so sweet!
Sad mommy, happy Eve!
We all got to drive over to school to drop Eve off. Andrew walked her in since he'll be dropping her every day on his way to school. This was also Andrew's first day of year 2 of law school!
Watching them walk in from the car (with Cora and Abigail screaming in the background, so it helped distract me - I didn't cry at all; and more importantly, neither did Eve!)
Eve with her teacher, Mrs Brown:
Eve is so lucky to have her friend Naomi from church in her class. It definitely helps her be less scared!
When I picked Eve up that afternoon, she was full of smiles and stories about her day! School starts at 7:45 and goes until 2:55 - long day for a 5 year old! On Mondays and Wednesdays, they have P.E., art on Tuesdays, music on Thursdays, and computers on Friday. Any day when the kids are good, they come home with a smiley face on their hand - Eve was excited to show me hers!
Since we have no income right now, we qualify for free school lunches, so that's what Eve had on her first day - ham and cheese sandwich. I told her to pick a couple of fruit/vegetable sides to go with it and that she could also pick a chocolate milk. She was really looking forward to that! I'm not sure exactly what happened, or why no one was helping her, but she ended up with only a sandwich, no sides, and a carton of chocolate milk that she couldn't open. She was too shy to ask for help, so had to throw it away untouched. So sad! That lunch was traumatic enough that she has begged for me to pack her a lunch every day since. So for now, that's what we're doing. She picked a Paw Patrol lunchbox at the store and is enjoying taking her lunch.
Despite a couple of mishaps on her first day, she was up and ready to go back on day 2! So proud of this girl!
Here are some stats about Eve as she starts kindergarten:
-Favorite color: turquoise
-Can read and do addition and subtraction with numbers 0 - 20
-Very shy and super sweet!
-Has started a daily routine of house jobs, reading me one book, and keeping her room clean to earn a weekly allowance of $1
-Is very responsible and always honest
-Loves to read scriptures with our family, including reading one or two verses by herself
She's growing up so fast!
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