First Day of First Grade

Well summer is officially over and Evie went to her first day at her new school.  She's leaving the Montessori classroom she's known for 3 years where she was with children ages 3-6 and is now in a public school with 19 other first graders.  She's making the adjustment really well, making friends and wanting to try out school cafeteria food.  She opted yesterday to eat breakfast at school and today she wanted to try eating school lunch.

This was the pose she gave me when I asked to take a picture

Showing off her Wonder Woman backpack

First Grader

This is her classroom.  Her teacher believes in having the students help to decorate it so it looks a little bare right now.  She went in the first day and started right in on some work.

I cried when I had to leave her in her classroom, but she wasn't bothered in the slightest.  She says she really likes first grade, so let's hope that keeps up.

Of course, before she went off to school, I decided to do something special so we came up with a new tradition of getting our nails done together the weekend before school starts.  Evie enjoyed the experience a lot and she said we didn't have to stop getting our nails done together after high school, we can even do it before she goes to college each year and whenever she starts a new job.  I love this kid.

Sunday before school started, we went to celebrate Nathaniel's birthday.  Evie got to splash around in the kiddie pool and play lawn games.  She and Nathaniel enjoyed dressing up as the Incredibles and repeatedly yelling, "We have a mission!" and then running around the house.  She also liked feeding the fish with Jane.

Earlier this week, Evie lost her eighth tooth!  It's amazing how quickly she's shed them!  Evie mentioned to me again how she was thinking about the 5-year-old who died (this is from when we went to the cemetery).  She said, "It makes me sad."  I tried to get her to explain what she was sad about - that the kid died so young, that it might happen to her, or something else.  She said she was sad that the kid died so young.  Then she said, "Cause he didn't get to experience the world.  And if you don't get to experience the world, it means you don't lose many teeth."