First Day of First Grade

Olivia made it to her first day of first grade... barely. We left in time to make it, but I completely underestimated the traffic. It took us forever to go one mile. Plus parking was a mess. We didn't make it to back to school night and had NO idea where her classroom was. I went in the general direction I thought was good. I found the first grade board posted out in the hall... but couldn't find Mrs. Fletcher's class. Fortunately we ran into Miss Patten Olivia's Kindergarten teacher. Liv was so happy to see her and she helped us find the classroom which was around the corner and across the hall from all the other classes. Yeah! We were late, but she wasn't the last one there. Much to my happiness. I was a ball of anxiety. Just walking in that building made my elementary anxiety come rushing back. I hated the first day of school when I was growing up. Olivia was grinning from ear to ear she was so excited! I ALMOST broke down on the way home in the car, getting choked up that I would be without her all day long. But, I'm proud for not actually shedding a tear.

Jorja and I enjoyed our morning playing together. But, it was still very weird. The first hour Liv was gone Jorja kept asking for her sister. She just didn't get it. Olivia was very brave and wanted to walk home all by herself. She was happy to report first thing that she ran into Andy on the way home walking and gave him my phone number so they could get together and play. We have a play date set up for tomorrow after school. They are going to walk home together after meeting at the flag pole. SO CUTE! Grandma Launi surprised Liv by being here when she got home. After hearing about her day we all headed to Burger Stop (Olivia's choice) to get a bite to eat to celebrate. Olivia chose a corn dog(seriously, she is my child!). We are very happy to have Grandma Launi back home. We had a mellow evening of going through her hundreds of papers for me to fill out and making sure things were cleaned up for Andy to come over. She talked endlessly of all the fun she had. She likes her new teacher Mrs Fletcher and she made good choices at lunch. She was SO happy to see all her friends. I'm glad the first day is over. I look forward to getting into our new routine, which I have been very stressed about. The reality will start next week when I go back to a normal work schedule. This week I only work Thursday night and will be out of it Friday morning only. Grandma Launi is going to come spend the night here with the girls since Josh is in California working all week. We are sad to have him gone and look forward to having him home this weekend.
I only got ONE picture since we were running so late and my battery died on the camera. My bad. She was so cute with her big smile on all day. I am very glad that she enjoys school so much, unlike me. But, I'm sad to have her gone so long. It was just too weird without her here this morning. Too quiet. Plus, they went to bed early. I have taken the chance to catch up on blogging, when I should be doing dishes. Hee hee. Hope everyone else has adjusted well with the end of Summer, which went by WAY too fast, and the start of School.