1st Day of 1st Grade

Today is the first day of 1st grade for Rachel. She woke up very excited and healthy! Thank heavens! Both Ian and Audrey have been sick with colds - here's hoping Rachel continues to avoid the bug. I was a bit worried about the morning being kind of stressful. Andy had a meeting he couldn't miss, so he was unable to go with us. However, he got the girls up, fed, teeth brushed, and dressed before he left. So, that was a huge help! I just had to get myself presentable, do Rachel's hair, and then Ian woke up right around 7:30. Perfect! So, we were able to get some pictures and get Rachel to school without a hitch.

When I told Rachel I wanted to get a picture of her she ran off to write this sign:

 

Then she wanted a picture without the sign so you could see Hello Kitty:

 And she also insisted on a picture with her escorts:

I wasn't sure how grown-up she wanted to be this year... So, I did walk her to her classroom but I didn't go in with her. We said good-bye outside the door and I grabbed one more picture of her underneath her banana:

We are excited to watch Rachel grow and learn this year. She has two teachers this year: Mrs. Jha and Mrs. Blackwell. I have heard wonderful things about both. They are Reading Recovery teachers for the school as well, that's why she has two teachers. They switch off so they can pull out students throughout the school who are struggling with reading. I'm excited for Rachel to have probably the best reading teachers as her teachers! :) Rachel has a few friends from her class last year in her class this year. And when we attended "Meet the Teacher" last week she also knew a fair amount of the kids from recess last year. We are all anxious to pick her up after school and see how her day went!