PRE-SCHOOL!!!!

Clara started preschool on Tuesday, September 9.  She's in the polar bear class, and is pretty proud of that fact!  

The weekend before school started, we baked some cookies from Miss Diane, her new teacher.  We attached a cute little note (thanks Pinterest) that said,

"I'll be a smart cookie this year with you as my teacher".

Clara would tell you that she even cracked the eggs by herself!  She was very proud of that, and told Miss Diane all about it after giving her the gift!

The morning of preschool, Kurtis had an early meeting.  So it was just me and Clara at home.  I tried to wake up super early so we didn't feel rushed.  We took her first day of school pictures on the front porch at 7 am, so they're pretty dark.  Sad.  But they still show her as the quirky three-year-old that she is!

Then I took Clara to work with me until 8:45.  We then zipped over to Hillview to meet daddy and start school!

Here's Clara with her teacher, Miss Diane.  Clara loves her already!

We managed to pull her away from her free play time with friends for a quick pic with Mommy and Daddy before we said goodbye.  As we walked out the door, we turned to see Clara looking around the classroom through a set of binoculars, and knew she'd be just fine.

We got outside and Kurtis said, "It was harder to leave than I thought".  Such a rookie!  I told him you just have to leave or things get ugly.  It happens in first grade, for sure!  But, watching her at school as a big three-year-old was bittersweet, for sure!  It's just hard to believe she's old enough to go to school!  We can't wait to watch her learn and grow this year and are so thankful we could both be there on her first day!