Back to School

Back to School photo shoot

yes Saige is wearing a hot pink leotard and underwear

Samantha trying to find her place for her backpack

Samantha's teacher Mrs. Miller



Samantha, Olivia, and Sydnee

Saige was so excited Sammie was home
Samantha's first steps off the school bus
Samantha stuck between two boys

Were did summer go? I can't believe Samantha is starting first grade it has been way harder for me than when she started Kindergarten( and I thought that was bad)It had even affected my sleep I was worried because she is so shy and I was afraid she would not dare ask anyone for help if she needed it.When I dropped her off she was grabbing her stomach so I could tell she was nervous and there were several kids in her class crying when we first went in. Samantha did great she even talked to her teacher which is great improvement from last year. She sits between two boys one of them was in her preschool. She informed me that that was her friends Kia's boyfriend. I don't remember talking about boyfriends in first grade they definitely still had cooties. She reassured me that she didn't have a boyfriend. Her teacher from last year helped her out to recess which made her feel good. She said she went out with another girl that she was taller than so she must have been in the morning kindergarten class. One of the other first grade teachers called them in from the lunch recess. When the class got back Sammie's teacher wasn't there yet. Sammie thought she must be in the library.She said she was so scared. The teacher told them she was in the the teachers lunch room. Sammie said she was eating way to long and that she must have went back for 3rds for lunch I thought that was so funny. She will learn that it is not scary when you teacher is not in the room that's when you can get away with murder. She was really excited that she got to have 3 recesses today and she was able to play with the neighborhood friends. She said that they worked a lot and ate a lot of snacks today. She ran into a friend who told her that a little girl threw up in her class but Sammie told me she didn't have to wash her hands because the girl was not in her class. This was a very long day for me I was lost without Samantha today and so was her sister(who took a 3 hour bath while she was gone) We went to the bus stop to pick her up and we had to wait for ever for her to get home she is the last stop and they forgot a kid and had to go back and pick them up. She said that she likes first grade but she got really thirsty today. I think I over dressed her but you got to wear your new school duds for the first day. Now I can throw her back in her summer clothes until it cools off. Saige is signed up to to to preschool but any time we talk about it she bursts into tears so have been worried about that as well. But after a long day without her sister she is talking about how she gets to go to school and dancing as well. I hope she still feels this way when her school starts in a couple of weeks. Well I survived and It wasn't as bad as I anticipated but I was sure glad to see Sammie walk off that bus. There is something nerve racking about leaving you child in the hands of the school system all day.Samantha we are so excited for you. You will have so much fun and meet a lot of new friends. Work hard and have fun!!!