First Day of Kindergarten

We woke Annie up a bit early, to the smells of her favorite breakfast food . . . which today was specially called "Kindergarten-Annie Pancakes", complete with pureed fruit and whipped cream.  

Isaac enjoyed them immensely:

 She was dressed and ready to go with plenty of time to spare.  She was so excited.

 

And even more excited as we met up with her fellow Kindergarten students on our way to the bus stop.

The three of them were giggly and excited and giddy with the sheer anticipation.

 And all the older kids at the bus stop were so cute with them -- promising the girls and their Moms alike that they'd make sure these three made it to their class room when they got off the bus.  

Here's the first graders, the newbie Kindergarteners and three younger siblings who were just wanting to be a part of everything:

Waiting in line for the bus:

Bye Mom! 

 

Annie seemed to have fun.  But, since I'm pretty convinced they have all kids sign some kinda confidentiality form the first day of school (since from the beginning of Preschool Annie has come home on the first day all, "I don't remember what we did . . . it was good," and has been unable to ever tell me more beyond that) we have not gotten a ton of info out of her.  She seems to have enjoyed it.  There is a drinking fountain INSIDE THEIR SINK.  That seems to have left an impression.  It was definitely the highlight of her day.  And the bus ride.  Both bus drivers seemed to get a bit lost (getting them to school a tad late, meaning they didn't get to line up with their classes, but instead make a mad dash to catch up with their classes who were already inside . . . and then they got home about 10-15 minutes late, which was making us three 'first time Elementary school' Moms just a teeny bit nervous.  Their normal bus driver in the morning is supposed to be back soon -- and hopefully the Kindergarten bus driver bringing them home worked out all the kinks on her route today). 

Unfortunately, the rest of the day Annie was a tiny woman possessed, screaming and flailing and freaking out left and right.  We will probably avoid playing with friends tomorrow after school and have a nice movie afternoon instead, 'cause I think someone is a tad overwhelmed and tired, even if she won't admit it.  Maybe a couple someones.

Easter Eggs & A Happy Baby

The girls are quickly getting sold on this whole 'Easter egg hunt/lots of candy' deal. Annie had not one, but two different Easter egg hunts yesterday.  The one in the afternoon was at a neighbors house, and the girls had the best time!

I was pretty proud of them both, since after quickly filling their own baskets with 10 eggs or so each, they helpfully ran around and made sure all the 'little kids' had enough eggs, and even offered up some of their own to the 'less fortunate.'  

Here's Ellie showing one of the 'babies' where an egg was -- the little girl is 19 months old, so there's almost a year and a half between the two, but Ellie wasn't that much bigger. Which means she loses some street cred when she's trying to tell the 'little' kids what to do. :-) (Ellie was so sweet and mature about it all -- usually -- at nearly three years old, she'd go back and forth between offering up eggs to littler kids, and then nearly taking the head off anyone who dared reach into her basket or get too close to an egg she'd 'claimed').

And my grumpy, grumpy baby was actually happy and smiling for pictures.  It's the first cute, cheerful pictures we've gotten from the poor sick kid in awhile.  (Notice though, even in his happiness, he's rubbing his poor ears).