Today was the day. A very big day for The Barefoot Princess and for us too. BP's first day of school will be a day I will never forget. When we arrived at her school she hopped out of the car, kissed me good-bye, kissed BB good-bye, and kissed and hugged Daddy for a minute and then grabbed Miss Erica's hand and said, "see you later." She walked away, as you can see in the picture above, and never looked back. As easy as 1, 2, 3. She was excited. She was confident. She was ready for this big day. We were not. I got into the car and cried like a baby and Daddy admitted to some tears on the way back to the office. (I have never seen him cry in the ten years that I have known him.) The best way to describe how I felt... like my heart was walking around outside my body. I could not drive all the way home. (BP's school is an hour from our house) I had to stay in the area. So with tears in my eyes, I drove to a special place near BP's school with the most beautiful views (picture #3) and felt much better. BB and I ran a few errands, met Daddy for lunch and thank heavens it was soon time to pick BP up. Yippee!!! I was so happy to wrap my arms around her when we picked her up. She chatted about her day all the way home. She talked about her new friends...Jack, Sophia, Bobbie, Avery, and Molly. She told me she put her socks and shoes on all by herself after rest time. Then she told me she did not rest, instead she helped her teacher clean the tables. She talked about the caterpiller story her teacher read to them. The best part was when she acted out parts of her day later in the playroom as if she was the teacher. This cracked me up and I really got to see what her day was like. I think it was a great first experience. I feel confident that we found a place where BP can be herself, flourish, learn, and become and independant thinker. We do it all over again next on Tuesday and I hope it gets easier on us and BP stays so confident.
6 comments:
She looks so grownup! What a wonderful first day of school for her, I hope LP's is as easy a transition for her. Although I'm dreading it and loving my last week without school.
Your so lucky for the play-by-play. I didn't get as many details from Buby, but he did start acting stuff out with his "babies" later and telling me bits & pieces about his day. BP's dress is absolutely gorgeous! You should save that forever. I'm proud of her. Such a cool young lady already... Tomorrow is round 2 for us and Daddy will be home and wants to bring him. So hopefully all goes well.
Sounds like a very positive first day!! I must admit just looking at the pictures and seeing her look all grow up had me in tears at my desk!! I'm so glad it went well and hope that it continues.
Eric and you have prepared BP so well! To have such confidence is special. Now I need to go wipe my tears....
Love to all!
I have been thinking about you this week, knowing that she was going and wondering how YOU were making out. I am so glad she loved it. It must have been sad to see her go, such a milestone.
I wish my experience went as well as BP's! Poor Dylan cried at drop off again today. We didn't get any details from Dyl about school but over the weekend he did finally tell us the names of his friends from class. I have to admit it makes me sad that BP is getting so big already too!
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