First Day of Kindergarten 08.22.11

Seriously! Where has the summer gone?! It has been over a month since I posted about our trip the US Open and I am not sure where that month went.

Whatever happened to it, it's gone, and today was the first day of school for our Mattie May. Oops! I forgot! She's just Mattie now! Anyway, it seems to me as if this is the child that should be starting school, not her daughter.

Last night we did well and got to bed at a decent hour, knowing we had to get Mattie up about 45 minutes earlier than what she is used to. Slept well and ready to get the day started.

Some where in this bed is a five year old ready to start school.

Still not sure where she is, but this is where I left her last night.

That kind of looks like a child snuggled up there!

There she is, under all that hair! Oh My!

I know a lot of people have special things they fix for breakfast for the first day of school, but I just leave it up to her. I was ready for just about everything, but all she wanted were chocolate muffins, a banana, and milk. Not the best breakfast ever, but what she wanted. I'll insist on a little better in the morning.

We finally got teeth brushed, clothes on, and all that hair tamed!

She is ready to go.

She choose this outfit, even the knee socks. This child loves knee socks!!

And those things are hard to find for those little legs!

She wanted dog ears!

So I did the best I could with the hair she had!

A pose for Grumpy and Mommie.

Posing at school for Mommie to take her picture.

One last picture with Mommie.

My two favorite girls in the world!

Miss Cagle, her teacher.

She found her locker and her desk and was ready to go.

She said she had a great day today, and she even had homework!

She loves having homework!

How long will that last.

As best we can tell,

the most exciting thing they did today was make gingerbread man

(and women)

cookies,

And they disappeared out of the oven just like in the book!

They looked all over the school campus and couldn't find them!

I took me awhile

(with a little help from my cousin)

to see what the teachers were doing.

Isn't that a cute way to teach these kids

their way around the new to them campus?!

I can't wait to see if they find those cookies tomorrow!

And this kid...

this is how she looked after a full day at school

and an afternoon at karate!

That poor white shirt may never be the same!

I hope all of you had a great first day of school. I know not all of you still have students at home, but in some way or another, we are all connected to someone starting school!

God Bless you all!

Her Last First is Her First Last

Do you remember this picture?

It was posted just nine short months ago.
It was her first day of school- Pre-K.
Four years old.

Well since then, I have shared many firsts first with you -

First day of karate
First day of soccer
First Ranger baseball game
First school field trip
First soccer goal
First school pictures
First belt test
First time being a flower girl
First karate demo
First karate tournament
First letter from Santa
First school party
First plane ride
First trip to Disney
First puppy
First time with the flu
First date night
First sparring trophy
First pedicure
First breaking trophy
First talent show
First kata trophy
First first place trophy
First article in the newspaper.

Whew! I'm tired reliving all that!

Well today was her first last day of school. Yesterday they had graduation and today was the final day. She was happy but sad at the same time. She is ready for a short break, but she was really sad to tell Ms. Torres good-bye. She is retiring this year, but even with that, Mattie May still wouldn't see her any more because she will be at a different school next year.
She will be at either Austin or Taylor, we are just waiting to see if her transfer was approved. This year was spent at a school with children all her age. Next year, there will be Kindergarten through fifth grade at which ever school she attends. She will also miss the class room. This child loves to learn. But we have plenty of things for her to learn this summer.
She will also be attending karate camp every day.
She will have so much fun.
They work on karate but they also do fun things like swim, go to the zoo, go to movies, and yes there may even be a trip to six flags in there!

So here is her first last day of school picture!

Where did those dogs ears go?!

God Bless!