Halle Goes to Kindergarten

Today Halle started Kindergarten. She's been so excited to start school, but also a little nervous. Last week we met her teacher and I think that made her (and me) feel a lot better. I asked her what she wanted to do to get ready for school and the only thing she said was "Read the Kissing Hand story." We've read it lots of times before, but I've never gotten so emotional as I did last night. It's such a cute story and is one of Halle's favorites.


I also gave Halle this cute Hello Kitty alarm clock last night. I helped her set it to the right time and then showed her how to turn the alarm on and off. She was super excited to wake up all on her own.


After getting all ready for school, I made crepes for breakfast. I have never been great about making big breakfasts for my kids, they're more of cereal and toast lovers, but we all enjoyed these yummy crepes. They're really quick and easy so we'll be making them more often I'm sure.



Halle is really excited that she gets to ride the bus to school this year, but we both agreed that I'd take her on the first day...I think this was more for my sake than hers. We got to school and she went and hung up her backpack and we took some pictures of her class.

Showing off her pink backpack that she picked out with Grandma Marianne.

Here she is with her teacher, Mrs. Lightfoot.

This is her seat.

Then we walked outside to wait for the bell to ring. She found her best friend, Kyra and after taking their picture they ran off to play on the playground. Kyra was so cute to introduce Halle to all her first grade friends. I was so impressed. I think it made Halle feel really good, too!

Here she is lined up with her class. She was looking a little nervous, but I knew she'd do great! I held back my tears until she couldn't see me any more. I walked to the car and already missed her like crazy.

We came home and put Avery down for her nap and then Aidan and I played with the playdough and Floam for a while. He only asked where Halle was about 3 times. The time went by really fast and before I knew it we were putting our shoes on and heading out the door to meet her at the bus.

Aidan rode his bike down the street to the bus stop, he was so excited to see Halle.

Waiting for the bus!

Despite all my worries, she made it home safely on the bus.

She was so cute to tell Aidan all about her day as they walked home together.

When I asked what her favorite thing was she told me ALL about the Bear Hunt that they got to go on. They made these cute bear masks and then had to go hunt for the class bear that "magically" disappeared. It was a great way for them to get a tour of the whole school and she thought it was so fun to find him on the playground.

We went to McDonald's for lunch (her choice) where she continued to tell me all about her day. I was excited that she gave me LOTS of details cause I had lots of questions.



I'm so glad that she had such a fun day. It makes it a lot easier to send her back again tomorrow. She made a few new friends and found a couple friends from her preschool. She's really excited to go back tomorrow and ride the bus with all the other kids.