Firsts

First day of school, y'all!! 

This is also my first post as a blogger.  You may notice off the bat that I sound Texan, what with my "y'all" and double exclamation point.  I have to tell you, I am not the least bit Texan.  However, I have followed several mommy bloggers for awhile now (you know, when you happen upon someone's blog and they sound super cool, like someone you could really be friends with, so you bookmark their page, except that you found them randomly and so by definition you're actually just stalking them), and they're all from Texas.  Meaning, they say such things as "First day of school, y'all!" and talk about college football and baby football outfits.  I don't know how I fell in with a gang of Texans, but they are quite endearing and make me think this is how all blogs should sound.  I will do my best to shake the Texan drawl, but you have to admit it's pretty catchy, right?

Anyway, back to the first day of school.  Today Camille started her first day of her last year of pre-school, and Natalie started her first day of her first year of pre-school.  Sadly, we are lacking the chalkboard sign stating this, but I tell you I worked on it for days and days and just could not get the words to fit.  Trying to get the school year off to a good start, I set my alarm for 2 hours before we needed to leave the house, but of course we were still hustling a bit trying to get dressed, eat, and assemble the different bags for lunch, back-up clothes, back-up back-up clothes, etc. I don't know about you, but I am amazed at how accomplished I feel at 8:45am when we sit loaded in the car, ready to pull out of the garage.  You would think I've just finished a 5k.

The ride to school was pretty exciting and I'm not even being sarcastic.  We listened to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse about 5 times in a row, and if that doesn't pump you up for a first day at school, I don't know what would.  Camille was thrilled to escort Natalie to her new classroom and promised to visit her later in the day (which she did).  Natalie is the youngest in her class but it was like she was an old pro.  It was like she was 3, maybe even 3 and a half.  Camille and I played with her a few minutes, until Natalie walked away to play with a toy across the room, waving over her shoulder and saying "Bye bye, wuv you" like she knew we needed to hear it in order to leave her to her business.  So, we left, not a single tear shed, and Camille went to her classroom full of her little besties.

After school, we went for a first-day treat at Yogurtland.  I'm still not so sure this was a great idea, because I think I may have planted a seed that afterschool pickup=Yogurtland time, but they had a blast so I'll take the heat later:

All in all, a terrific first day.