Today was a major milestone at our house. Amita started school! She is going to 3K three mornings a week. Aaron and I both took off of work so we could be home for the auspicious occasion. We have been reading books about school for several weeks and have been practicing getting up early for the past two weeks in order to prep for today. Last Friday, we also toured the school and met the teacher, partly because Amita was asking me lots of questions. She was also pretty sure her teacher would be a zebra, just like in the Llama Llama book we'd been reading, so I didn't want her to be disappointed on the first day!
All the prep work paid off. She was ecstatic to go to school today. She knew exactly where to put her stuff, how to get a book, and where to sit on the alphabet rug and she couldn't wait to get school started. It was actually hardest to get Ansel to leave school with us. He wanted to stay with Amita and play with all the cool toys at school. He seemed a little out of it this morning without big sis around and he was really glad to see her when school let out! To my credit, I managed to keep smiling until we got to the car and then I needed a few minutes to collect myself, since the thought of my baby going off to school was a little overwhelming!
Here's Amita with her owl backpack.
Sitting on the letter E (her assigned spot) on the alphabet rug.
A final look at her through the doors. She was engrossed in her book and didn't look back at us once!
The "homework" Amita had to prepare for her first day.
We got big hugs when school let out.
And Amita couldn't wait to tell us all about all the fun things she did at school. She's already looking forward to Friday when she sees her teacher and friends again!
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