1st grader!

Taylor started 1st grade last week. Even though we have been through the school thing before, this was hard for me. She is now gone ALL day. It is a long day. By 1:00 I feel that she should be coming home and yet she has 2 more hours. She is now on the big kid playground with older kids which means learning things like "Girls Rule Boys drool." Heavy sigh.....

Day 1 she was excited and ready to go, dressed cute from head to twinkle toes.

She was happy to see lots of friends.And felt very grown up with her own desk.There was no sappy drawn out goodbyes this time around. Her teacher, Mrs. Eikleberry, sent us parents on our way after about 5 minutes....o...k... Some of us weren't quite ready to leave yet. When I picked Taylor up at the end of the day, I could tell she was worn out and not too sure about this all day school stuff. Tuesday morning was a little rough but Tuesday afternoon was much better. Some of the girls had a hard time finding each other on the big playground on the 1st day. They figured it out though. On Friday we took her out a half hour early thinking she would be way excited because in Kinder she told me everyday to come get her early. Ummm not this time:

Taylor in her most grown up 1st grade attitude: "But Mom we were getting our reading buddies, it was almost over."
Me: "I thought you would be so excited to get out early."
Taylor: "Well I wasn't. I like 1st grade too much."