First day of school

Well, I guess we did it. We successfully raised a child to put her on a school bus and have her at school for the day. With the screaming and fighting to get her out the door (how she often reacts to new things / things that make her nervous), I have to say I was quite happy for her to be on the bus. But around noon I was really starting to miss her. Our baby, now going to school. Where did the last almost-four years go?

You can tell she had trouble too. She said "Did you miss me? I didn't miss you. [Unintelligible] asked if I missed my mom and dad and I said no." Ya... she'll do fine.

I think that Alice really does well in a classroom setting. Much better than for just us. People say that kids behave worse for their parents than anyone else. I believe them.

Today they had just half the kids there. Monday it's the full group. I'm assuming that she'll have some ups and downs, but I think that she'll do well. I'm expecting the longer days where she stays for the after school program will be the hardest. I'm guessing Thursday will be the crappiest because she'll have been going to school for 4 days in a row, second late day in a row.

I think that a lot of parents have a super difficult time with the first day. I'm... fine. Totally fine. Weird. Not what I was expecting.

Excited about getting the the bus

Ran on the bus so fast had to be called back for a photo