Daughter Starts Kindergarten!

D has been anticipating this day for a long time: today was her first day of school! She was hilarious this morning, talking non-stop from sheer excitement. She kept saying to her brother, "Do you want to bring sister to garderie? No! You want to bring sister to SCHOOL!"

After a breakfast of cereal and a chocolate-chip pancake (left over from our Saturday morning tradition), she got dressed, brushed her teeth, and was ready to go. It was pouring rain outside so we took a few pictures in the verandah:

Her kindergarten class has a gradual entry so only a third of the kids were there today. (Apparently, D was the only girl in this first batch.) She was kinda quiet when she came home but after extensive interrogation, we have learned that they read 3 books, ate lunch, went on a tour of the school... and who knows what else. She came home with a construction paper craft resembling a stoplight. She explained to us that the red, yellow, and green lights symbolize the levels of noise that the kids are allowed to make in different contexts. She said her favourite part of the day was when they "sat and watched messages on a screen" - whatever that means! Her teacher seems nice - and maybe kindof shy? She didn't say much. I will need to talk to her about the fact that she spelled D's name wrong on all her labels!

Even though she didn't wake up any earlier than usual, and even though she has been accustomed to much longer daycare days - D was exceptionally tired this evening. She needed lots of cuddles. Before bedtime she got all existential ("but why are we meant to die?") and she was asleep shortly after 8:00.

FYI: the school day is quite short here - we can drop her off anytime after 8:00 and then we pick her up at 1:55. The kids who take the school bus leave even earlier. We don't qualify for the bus because we live so close but we kinda wish she could go on the bus because A's nap can easily conflict with the 1:55 pick-up time. Anyway, no worries. We will likely meet parents who could bring her home in a pinch or I could walk over to fetch her if need be.

I leave you with two final pictures of our babies, taken yesterday while we were making muffins for D's lunch.