Kate's 1st Day of Pre K at SMM

Kate started Pre K at SMM today. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Jackowsky and the aide is Mrs. C.  Kate woke up bright and early and was so excited to start her day.  I ran to Dunkin Donuts earlier to get her a donut and she ate that on our special occassion plate:

I took lots of pictures, of course, before we left.  Each child in her class got a plain tote bag to decorate.  We asked Aunt Crystal for help and she put Kate's name on one side, Kate and I decorated the other.

Aunt Crystal's side- seriously, how awesome is this??  Thank you Aunt Crystal!!  we LOVE it!!

Here is what Kate & I did on the other side. She picked out what she wanted and where and I glued it:

Here are our first day of school pics in front of our house:

We took Kate to school- she rode with Rich, of course.  We totally messed up the drop off line. Oh well. We know for next time, right?  But, we got this great shot:

We took Kate into her classroom and her teacher was there to greet each of them. I seriously LOVE the teacher and aide. They are just so sweet and warm.  She showed Kate her routine and then each child sat in the circle.

It was time for us to say goodbye. UGH.  I was a worried mess. Rich was calm and cool, as usual. My stomach was in knots, but I knew she'd be great! I think I counted every second until it was pick up time.  I was so anxious to hear how it all went!  I got to the pick up line, which was crazy!!, in the pouring rain. The children all came out and here is a picture I took of Kate:

She had a blast!! In her little tote bag was a folder with papers for us and a project she did. There was a sweet little poem on the back, which of course, made me cry:

I asked Kate who she played with and she told me Sophia and C.C. I know both of their moms so that was fun for me to hear.  She loved her lunch, the cookies that we took in for her entire class (20 of them total), and she told us they sat in circle and learned some prayers. I asked her what was the first prayer she learned and she said the one in front of the flag (The Pledge of Allegiance). I was cracking up. She said the part she loved the most out of her day was playing. The part she didn't like was nap time.

So, all in all a great first day! So proud of you, Kate!!!  We Love you and couldn't be happier for you!!