Friday, November 16, 2012

First Day of Kindergarten!

My first born started Kindergarten!  And since she has been going to school with me since she was 21 months old, it was quite an adjustment. For me.  I spent the first two weeks of school glancing at her carseat and panicking thinking that I had left her somewhere.  In fact, I had left her.  At her NEW school.  She loves it.  She jumps in the car every day with a huge smile on her face.  We had a few issues with some jerky kids making fun of her for singing(at inappropriate times, I later found out from the teacher), but whatever.  She's over it.  And I still believe she can tell all of those jackals to laugh when she brings home a Grammy.  That's right.  I said it.  

With kindergarten comes fundraisers.  Stella came home one day in saying that she had a Boosterthon meeting at school and all she had to do was get "prayers" and she would win prizes.  Since she goes to public school, I was baffled.  "Prayers?"  I asked.  "Hmm....maybe not prayers.  Blessings!  Yeah...blessings is what I need."  After talking to another parent, I learned that she meant "pledges."  Easy mistake.  Anyway, since she told me that she had a deep distaste for P.E. because of "all the running," I have to say that I didn't have much faith in her ability to complete the task of running 35 laps for this fundraiser.  I have seen the girl "play" soccer, after all.  She totally proved me wrong!  She did it and we couldn't have been more proud!  She won a Boulder Ball for her efforts-an enormous, blow up ball that she climbs into and rolls down the hill in our back yard.  


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