Brooke's First Day of Preschool.

Yes, I know I am a couple of days behind in posting this. A lot has been going on though!!

Wednesday, August 26th our baby girl went to preschool for the first time! WOW! Steven went in to work late so he could go too. His words, "Our baby only has a first day once." And how right he is. Here they are cheesing it up for me in our driveway.

We pulled into the parking lot early (thanks to an always prompt Daddy), so I unbuckled her and told her we'd wait in the truck until closer to time to start to go in. She got out of her car seat, sweetly put her hand on her Daddy's shoulder as if preparing him and said, "Daddy, you cannot carry me in here I need to walk." WOW.....such a big girl overnight!!

I should have thought ahead and taken more pictures of her at home. Once we got there she couldn't care less if Daddy or Mommy were there or not! Her walking in like a big girl! Of all the cute, girly backpacks we have around here she wanted the one blue, boyish one we've had for years.

This was as close to a smile as I got. I will take pictures of her classroom and post them later. I went into Mommy mode when we walked into the classroom and totally forgot.

When she entered her classroom she was so preoccupied that we had to force her to hug us bye.

I thought I would be an emotional basketcase, but I surprisingly wasn't. I had already straightened it out in my head that this is the place we CHOSE for her to be for her own well being, we weren't forced in anyway. With that said, I did see a tear or two in Daddy's eyes.

She did very well, no fussing, participated well......until she saw me come to get her and she was suddenly exhausted and ready to go home. After school, we had lunch together and she crashed for a much needed nap. As soon as she awoke she got all dressed in her princess garb and shows off her first day of school craft project.

Such a big girl. Time slow down a little bit!