Thursday, October 29, 2009

"First" day of Kindergarten!!!

Kindergarten had Orientation on the "first day" of school. We were assigned an hour of the day to go with Beene and meet her teacher for the first time and get to know her classroom. We were scheduled for 9:30... MY ALARM DIDN'T GO OFF!!! I had set it for 7:00 PM!! Oops... we woke up at 9:25... not enough time to get a little girl ready for her first day!!! So, I called he teacher and made arrangements to go with the second group of kids at 10:30!! I was mortified that this had happened on her first day!!! You can bet that we'll have two alarms set from now on!!!


My super sweet Beene in her first day of school picture complete with backpack... she insisted that my purse be in the picture!!

We met Miss Melanie for the first time, and Beene got really nervous... I have NEVER seen her so shy before!! We got our scavenger hunt page from her teacher and off we went to explore her classroom and all the fun things there were to find! I was very happy to find that there is a bathroom in her classroom... when kindergarteners gotta go, they gotta go NOW!!! She thought it was "cute" because the potty is kid sized! She found her cubby, and her seat, which is at the YELLOW table, her favorite color! She also found that her good friend Macie from our neighborhood sat next to her... that made her pretty happy! Most of the kids from our neighborhood are in one of the other classes, so it was nice that she was by someone that she knew.
After we finished the scavenger hunt, Miss Melanie had the kids to the rug, and gave the mom's some paper's to fill out. She talked to the kids about how their class would go, and they made a run out to where the bus/parent's pick them up, and learned that they couldn't ever leave the line unless they gave Miss Melanie a ticket (a high five), that way they were always safe!!! She sat so quietly and listened to every word that was said! They learned a song, and started to learn some of the names of the people in her class! I would say, it was a very good experience for her!
She got to hang her back pack on her hook... she was soooo proud! She was beaming!!


My big Kindergartener!! She makes my heart happy!!!

Jillian and her teacher Miss Melanie! She loves her, and talks about her all the time! She hopes she never has another teacher EVER!
She will ride the bus the next day with all the other kids! What an adventure!

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