First day of school!

Kendal woke earlier than usual this morning. She quickly got dressed so she could get a picture with daddy before he left for his first day back teaching. Then we only had four more hours till she left for school. Kendal was upbeat and excited all morning to go to school. (Thankfully her nerves that she's built up this past week didn't surface today.) I let the kids do there usual morning cartoons, we played then Kendal had to eat an early lunch to make the bus by 11:15. The bus was a bit late so Kendal danced and sang a song to hurry the bus along. Minus a couple minutes of I miss Kendal from Pete. He played and did fine without his sister while she was gone.

Middle picture is Kendal making a K for Kindergarten!

Peter and I were early for the drop off bus, but we had to wait twenty extra minutes for Kendal to come. (Not a nice thing to do to a waiting Mama on her kids first day of school : /

Kendal came bouncing off the bus happy to share her first day. She gets to have Carson (primary buddy) at her table, but doesn't know any other kids names yet. She gets to wear a name tag this week so everyone learns names. They did a show and tell; Kendal took play keys because they started with k. They read the kissing hand, did a worksheet with it, and made hand prints for home. She got to color a ladybug picture. Most of all her teacher gave them extra time at recess which was awesome in her book. She spent her whole recess swinging with another little girl. She said Kindergarten wasn't like she thought (no painting / crafts yet), and they had to walk in lines more than she thought, but other than that it was good. We'll chalk up Day one as a success and hope the rest of her year/week is just as great.
I made home made Oreo's with a peanut butter glaze to celebrate back to school. Casey has a full day with work, coaching football, and then parent night. So his dinner and cookies will have to wait till he gets home, gets his first day download from Kendal, and the kids head off to bed.