1st Day

Today was Anna's first day of school. After getting advice from the school, I tried not to hype it up too much. I really think I was more excited than anyone else. Mikel dropped her off on his way to work (I considered going to, but we felt it would be too overwhelming), then Alexander and I picked her up two hours later. It was an abbreviated get-to-know-you kind of day. Tomorrow will be her first full day. Here she is with her new backpack and new clothes. After picking her up, I took both children to get frozen custard at Culver's (did you happen to catch all the product placement?). Yuuuuuuuuuum.

It appeared that her first day went well. I say appeared because I didn't get any real answers out of her about how it went. "Did you like school?" "Yes!" And every answer that followed, even those to open-ended questions, resulted in a "Yes!" Apparently her new blue jeans are a bit on the big side and kept falling down, however. I saw the teacher hiking them up for Anna as I approached, and she mentioned it wasn't the first time. I was hating that she might not get to wear her new jeans for a while (all her other new pants are for hard core fall and winter weather), so I was glad to later discover that her jeans have a hidden adjustable waist, which is a good thing.

I sent Anna to school with pink ballet slippers in her backpack (they will stay at school -- children wear them inside), and Mikel with a bunch of forms and the first semester's tuition. Anna returned home with a school T-shirt in her backpack. Apparently I'm supposed to check her backpack everyday, as this may be a popular method of communication between parents and teachers!