First Day of Kindergarten
Today was Emma’s first day of kindergarten. As soon as she woke up this morning she got dressed and put her backpack on. She insisted on wearing her school backpack during breakfast and didn’t take it off until she got to the playground at the school. Needless to say, she was very excited and didn’t show any signs of nervousness. We started the countdown to this day last week. Katie made a calendar that showed each day and Emma crossed the days off one at a time. There wasn’t a day that went by that we didn’t know exactly when school started.
We decided to walk over to the school with Jena and her family. The two girls held hands all the way there and I think they smiled the entire way!
On an unrelated note, all the Browns came over on Sunday afternoon and we had a bbq at the cabin. Polly, Vic and Alex spent the night and I think they were all pretty comfortable. Polly and Vic had the sleeper sofa and Alex slept on a mat on the floor. Polly and Vic were anxious due to the approaching hurricane in New Orleans. By coincidence, they ended up leaving New Orleans for their trip up here at just the right time. It looks like the hurricane largely missed New Orleans and there wasn’t massive damage. Phew.
On Monday, Katie and Emma went with all the Browns and they drove to Mt Rainier for a short hike around the Naches loop to see the mountain. During the hike they even spotted a black bear feeding on berries. It was quite exciting for them. I was glad to hear that there was a ranger there too!
Here are a couple pictures of Emma’s first day of kindergarten and then there is a link below those pictures to the rest of them:
And here is a link to the rest of the photos: