Hannah's First Day of Kindergarten!

Hannah started Kindergarten today. She was quite nervous on the drive there but when she got out and saw the 6 other girls she went to preschool with she was good to go. She looked ADORABLE in her uniform and so did all the other girls.

Hannah ready to go...


Samantha had to get in on the picture action...


When we arrived at school I started crying...yeah that is right I started crying but I turned away so Hannah could not see me so she wouldn't start crying b/c until she saw her friends I thought she was going to join me.

The Kindergarten class started late only today so it wouldn't overwhelm all these new little guys and it was so fun to see all the nervous little kids with all their parents taking pictures like crazy...including myself. Here are some more pics when we got to school...


Love this sisters picture...


When Hannah's friend Gabby got to school, they ran up to each other, then stopped about a foot apart and they just stood there and starred at each other in their uniforms and giggled. It was the cutest thing to see them checking each other out in their uniforms and excited about it.


Here are Hannah and her preschool peeps now kindergarten peeps all happy to see each other. Samantha was happy to get in on the playing action as I am sure she misses all these girls at her school that she use to play with.




Samantha giving her sister hugs good-bye...


It was cute because Samantha kept asking why we were leaving Hannah at church...she didn't quite understand that there was a school there as well.

Each kid is assigned either to the blue or green class and then they get a number for that class. Hannah is in the blue class and is number 16 which Adam is thrilled about because that was Joe Montana's number. Hannah is excited to be in the blue class because it is her favorite color and most of her friends from preschool are also in this class. The K class has 36 kids this year so for the academic sessions they split the class up into two groups of 18 since they have 2 full time teachers and one part time aide. So here is Hannah off to her class with her blue class. Notice in the background all the parents lined up...just a little before I took this picture it was like the papparazzi showed up and were taking pictures of all their little ones lining up in their respective lines...it was hilarious. I of course was trying to part take in the picture taking too but I am short and there were a lot of taller parents in front of me taking pictures...so I did the best I could.



Finally here is a picture of Hannah at her desk. She just happened to be assigned to sit next to two of her good friends from preschool so she was really excited. In this picture you can see her backpack also that she is very proud of. Yes it is a boy's backpack if you are wondering...I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was a boy's backpack when she picked it out at Land's End. She loves blue right now and loves bears...she said she wants to be a park ranger when she grows up so she thought this was a perfect backpack for her...I had to get it for her. She has a little turtle hanging on it as kind of a tribute to Nali (Adam's mom who passed away) so she feels like she it school with her...so sweet.


And so that concludes her first day. It was a half day and I picked her up and then she spent a few hours at work with me doing arts and crafts. The first 2 weeks are 1/2 days and then after Labor Day it moves into the big full days...but I am sure she will do fine. When I asked her what they did today she told me they went out on the playground and learned they could not climb on the monkey bars or slide down the pole which was very disappointing to Hannah b/c she said she knows how to slide down the pole...her Daddy taught her b/c he is a firefighter. Too funny. Regardless she cannot do it and she is not happy about it. Tough first day. :)