First Day!!!

August 20, 2009 was Elayna's first day of Pre-K! She was so excited for this day and had been waiting to go all week. We met her teacher Mrs. Talley the Monday before school and she was completely delightful! Elayna is very lucky to have such a great Pre-K teacher.

We decided (I decided) Elayna would go half day for at least the first semester of school. She still thinks she wants to go all day, but I know that once she does go all day she can never go back. So, I am holding out as long as I can.

The day was overwhelming for her. When I picked her up she started to cry and say that she missed me...and I must admit I was glad to see she is normal and that she needs me (even if it is just a little bit).

She then told me that multiple kids threw blocks at her head! I thought, "wow! how sad, she did not have a good first day of school. Arn't all kids supposed to have a great first day!?!" not so. After talking to her teacher the next day I learned that it was not plural KIDS it was 1 boy and it was an accident...he turned and bonked Elayna on the head ONCE...not multiple times...so maybe she is a little dramatic... It was a big deal to her...but now I understood completely and I was happy to know it was not a big deal.

Needless to say the SECOND day of school was much better!

Here she is watching cartoons all ready for school. That has been the only day she has been ready enough to watch tv before school.

It was raining out so we took a picture inside

Inside her classroom. This is her nervous smile.

One more picture. E playing before class begins

While Layna was at school Corbyn and I went to Hobby Lobby to browse with my good friend Tiffany. We didnt know what to do without our girls I guess because we spent almost the entire time at the store walking around. I picked up a little art project for Elayna & I to do that afternoon so she didnt feel like she was missing out by not going to full day school.

Is that bribery??? ...Well so what if it is ;)