SHE DID IT!

Jennalee had her first day of school. She was so excited this morning. She and Adeline woke up at the same time and both came and got in our bed. I'm laying there, sandwiched, and I hear Reed say, "Jennalee, do you remember what today is?" Then Jennalee sits straight up and yells, "the first day of school!" The whole morning was happy. Even Adeline was glad Jennalee was going to school (she knew she was going on a "Momma date" to 'Shucky Sheese').

Here's the official "First Day of School Photo":
(Jennalee picked out her shirt, by the way)

Okay, so my Mom taught preschool for years and years, and I remember her always talking about the funny smiles she would get on picture day. Well, here we have one:

Adeline gave her big sister a sweet little hug before she went into her classroom:

This is how we left Jennalee, working at her table:

Jennalee had a GREAT first day, but she was also REALLY happy to see us waiting on her in the hallway:

GETTING READY FOR PRESCHOOL

Our little baby girl is starting school. It's hard to believe she's not so little anymore, although she's still only 29 lbs. I have bittersweet feelings toward this new phase of life--She will LOVE preschool, but I'm not totally ready to let her go! It's comforting that she will only be there two days a week. :)

Last week she got to go to an Open House to get settled in. Here she is turning in her school supplies to Miss Melinda:



She got to go on a scavenger hunt to find things around the classroom, so here she goes on her big adventure:

She found the books!

She found the blocks!

She kept migrating towards this chair in between her scavenger finds. I bet she'll spend a lot of her free time reading and relaxing in one of these chairs!

These are Jennalee's favorite shoes:

Her school had an "astronaut" theme going on--Jennalee was the only one who really got into it. She found this costume in the room and decided she would play the part for a while.

Despite what it looks like, she IS normal. :)