Payton Starts School!

Well, I am a week late posting, but Payton's first day of Kindergarten was September 1. We had an open house the night before to meet her teacher and classmates, see where they lined up... The night of the open house I felt quite overwhelmed. My little girl was going to be in school all day! She seemed quite shy that night, but I could tell that she was going to LOVE her teacher Mrs. Collentine. We had her clothes all set for her first day (she was so excited because I finally got her a pair of Twinkle Toe Sketchers), and her backpack was all ready.

Brian and I were a little curious as to how she would do getting going in the morning. When we brought her to pre-school/daycare she always had breakfast there, so it was a new challenge feeding her before she left. Brian went to work late that morning so all of us could walk her to the bus stop together. She was ready in record time and every time a school bus drove by (there were a couple) she screamed "MY BUS JUST WENT BY!" We assured her that we did know when her bus was coming and we would get her there on time. We all walked down (it is one block down) to the bus stop and met one of our neighbors. They just moved in in July and have a first grader named Jordan. Payton latched on to her for the first couple of days. The bus finally came, and Payton ran up the steps and didn't look back.

That afternoon Brian came home early (I was at work) and was here for Payton when she got off the bus. She talked, talked, and talked some more about her new friends and even some girls she met in summer school that happened to be on her bus. It was so cute to see her so happy! We put money on her account for hot lunch and figured we would see how it goes. And she loves that too! Nice for us not to have to pack a lunch every day!

Now that a week has passed they have assigned seats on the bus according to grades. Payton's two sidekicks on the bus are Ella and Addie. Both little girls that were in Payton's summer school class. The goal every day now it for Payton to remember one of the kids in her class! So far she only remembers the girls names:)