Tuesday was Kindergarten orientation at Natalie's school. We were so excited. She had her clothes picked out, backpack packed and lunch ready and in the fridge the night before.
She was a little bit bummed that she wasn't getting picked up by the bus on the first day, but pretty glad that Mom was there to schlep all her stuff into the school.
We found her classroom at the far end of the hallway and went in to find a room filled with the excited/nervous energy of 23 Kindergarteners and their parents.
We met her teacher and a few of the other Kindergarten teachers, the Principal, the lunch lady and the secretary.
We went on a practice bus ride. This must have been Natalie's favorite part of the day because she decided that she wanted to be the last one off the bus. She missed her transfer at the Middle School and wound up riding her bus all the way to the end of the route and back to the bus garage. She thought it was pretty fun, but a little scary. Apparently, she wasn't the only Kinder with this plan because there were several of them (and students from other grades) waiting for their parents at the bus garage when Matt got there to pick her up.
All in all, it was a good day. My girl was brave. There were so many new things and she just jumped right in. We can't wait for school to start for real next week.
Oh, and she was really tired when she finally got home.
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