We knew it would come eventually and were excited for it but it still makes Mommy a little sad, both girls went off to school today. Piper goes on Monday, Wednesdays and alternating Fridays all day. Her bus picks her up a little after 8am and she gets home a bit after 4pm. Reagan has the same days but her school is only for 2 hours which is hardly any time at all, she's not ready to leave yet when I come back to get her.
I made the girls waffles, well Eggo made them but I reheated them for a good start to their day. We aren't used to getting up so early as I FINALLY got the girls to sleep in until about 8 am, now I have to get up by 6:30 and get them up by 7:15.
When I picked Reagan up I was trying to sneak in a photo but her teacher told her I was there, she's outside playing in the little park area they have.
Outside of school, she was excited when we toured but we had Piper with. When we pulled up she said, "Mom, I want you to stay for a while". I tried to tell her that Mom's were not allowed to hang out but I could walk her in and get her situated. I thought there were going to be tears aplenty but she surprised me by going with her teacher right into circle time. On her second day I could barely get a hug out of her before she rushed right in.
And here is our big girl, she was so excited but it was tough for me to just put a 5 year old on a bus and hope she would find her way to her teacher and classroom for the first time. She has a really nice bus driver who walked her to her teacher. From what I got out of her, I think there are several of her classmates on the bus but I think she stayed on the bus until one of the bigger girls finally told her she can go. At that point she probably just stood there wondering where to go and he probably brought her over. I can only guess though and she couldn't really tell me. When she got home she was sitting in the front seat and just sat and waved to me waiting in the car. After the bus had stopped and the door opened she was still waving away, I think the bus driver had to tell her to get off. Her thoughts on her bus rides, "it was bumpy".
Showing off her backpack. Piper's thoughts on her first day, she loved art and recess. They have a great playground at her school right outside of the cafeteria, I checked out her lunch and she only ate about 3 bites of her sandwhich and didn't touch her crackers or muffin, she was in too much of a hurry to get outside to play. She was a hungry girl when she got home.
Reagan's thoughts on her first day were that she loved signing Itsy Bitsy Spider and Craft time. She wanted to go back that afternoon and was really upset when I wouldn't take her back. She even told her teacher that she was excited to come back the next day.
Robin's car was used in Northfield's parade so the girls thought they'd pretend they were in a parade of their own, doing their little waves to the crowd of Jason and Claire. 
Holly threw an amazing tea party for the girls yesterday. Everyone dressed up, was given a fancy flower to wear in their hair and served a delicious lunch of mini PB&J's and apple slices along with their kool aid - a first for a few of them. The gobbled up the lunch and then found the dessert table, a child version of a cookie buffet complete with wafer cookies, pin wheels and mini cupcakes. Man they were loaded up and ready to go after they cleared the buffet.
After much debate about placement I finally convinced Jason to put up our sign at the bottom of our driveway, he wanted it at the top and I wanted it down below, we comprimised and he picked a spot mid way up so it's visible yet it's still doesn't stick too far out. He really likes being hidden up here but I think the driveway kind of gives us away.
