First Day of School

Today was the first day of 2nd Grade for Miss Reese! 

I am SO proud of her. Not only were there no tears, this year, but she spent the morning and recess time comforting a sad friend and helping her stop crying.

 Her teacher is Mrs. Snieski and we adore her already.  Reese was VERY happy to discover that her bff Madi AND her friend Bryn from church are in her class, this year.
I have a feeling she is going to love 2nd grade.

Little Miss Quincy Bee started Kindergarten this year.  I can't believe the day is finally here and managed to keep it together and not cry when I dropped her off.  (probably because I cried all day yesterday and the well is officially dry.) My baby girl is in Kindergarten! 

 Quincy marched into her classroom like she owned the place.  Really.  She spotted her friends and forgot about us.  I actually had to call her back over to the door to take a photo of her with her teacher.

 We are very happy to have Mrs. Rogers again. We love her personality and teaching style and I know Quincy will thrive in her class.

When the time came for us to leave her, she went to her desk and suddenly seemed a bit nervous, but gave us permission to go since she had work to do.  I'm so glad you had a great day, Quincy!  This morning, she woke up at 5:45 and came bounding into my room and clapped her hands together excitedly in front of her face like a fat kid that's just been handed a free cake.

"Mom! It's morning! I am so excited to go to school today!"  she squealed, and then she was off to get herself dressed.  She was so excited she literally could not sit still at breakfast, and was shaking with joy until it was time to go.  I think there was milk, oatmeal, and toothpaste on her dress by the time we got to school.

The children were welcomed back by their wonderful principal, Mr. Young. This guy deserves a medal.  He is an incredible educator and makes Cooper Elementary an excellent school.  One of the best principals I've ever seen.

Corbin insisted on wearing his backpack to the school. It was super cute, and everyone kept stopping him and asking him if he was excited for kindergarten.  Haha!  2 more years, buddy!  He was really sad when we got back in the car expecting to go to his school next.  I explained that he doesn't start preschool until next week and he ccried and wanted to go back to Cooper and get his girls.

All sadness was forgotten once we pulled up to Paradise.  I've made it a tradition to take younger children out for donuts after the big kids go to school.

We had a lovely date and shared donuts and a strawberry milk.

After school, the girls told me every detail of their day that they could remember. They only had good things to say!  It is going to be a great year for them.