Sophia's First Day of Kindergarten

It's simply bittersweet and I've been crying about it for days. Last night and this morning were especially hard. My precious baby girl started Kindergarten today! Not just 1/2 day Kindergarten, but she's also staying in the afternoon for the extended day program.

On one hand I'm so excited to watch Sophia grow up and develop friendships and explore the world little by little all on her own. On the other hand, I can't believe that she will be gone every day for 6 hours. Six hours that I'm going to miss of her amazing, wonderful, young life.

When I got home from dropping her off this morning (sans Lilly)...I walked into the house and Lilly immediately asked me WHERE'S SISSY? After learning that she wasn't home, Lilly took the opportunity to shut herself into Sophia's room and play with all of her toys! She was in there for a good hour too.

For me, it was the longest day ever! Lilly and I ran some errands and generally just missed Sophia's company all day!

This is Sophia with Mia and Elizabeth (in that order). They were both in her class last year. Adrianna is also in her class again. They've been inseparable for 2 years straight, but only at school. We never do play dates with her and her mom. At dinner she told us that she and Adrianna are still best friends. None of the boys from last year are in her class this year.

We were the first ones in line at carpool. Sophia was beaming from ear to ear when she walked out of the school. She jumped into the car and threw her backpack into the front seat for me to take a look at what she did today! She was really psyched about her day!! I noticed the first thing she told Will about her day was that she got to go outside 2 times. Lucky girl!

She mentioned that she's going to have a book club in her afternoon class. She seems excited to start reading. Last night we dug out her very first reader (Book 1) and she read the whole thing. When she completed preschool she was in Book 6.

Because it was her special day she got to pick what we had for dinner tonight. She picked mashed potatoes, quesadillas and cupcakes. I added a ceasar salad to the mix for Lilly since she doesn't like mashed potatoes. We all enjoyed the "K for Kindergarten" shaped cupcake display.