Sunday, September 26, 2010

Jenna's First Day of School

PREFACE: Almost two weeks ago, I wrote this post and put it on Jenna's adoption blog, I thought I had copied it and pasted it to this blog. For the last two weeks I have been surprised that NO ONE commented. I was beginning to think, "Man, I really am out of the loop on this blogging thing... No one is even checking my blog anymore!" Alas today, I understood why since I inadvertently loaded this post twice to Jenna's blog instead of once on each blog. Oops! Without further ado, here is Jenna's First Day of School.


I know... how in the world did Jenna get big enough to go to school?! She was SO excited! For months we had been listening to her talk about "when fall comes, I'm going to go to school!" And for months the time seemed so far away! But it arrived, and all too soon for me. Yes, I will admit that I got teary-eyed when she board the big yellow bus just down the street from our house, but I had to hold it together till we got home because there were about eight other parents at the bus stop that morning. When I got home, I did cry. Now it's just Olivia and me, and I will admit we miss Jenna. But, aside from all that, Jenna is having a blast at school. Everyday she comes home with something new to tell me and she likes to sit down and rattle through everything that happened. The girl loves to talk! The other day she was so proud of herself because the teacher had brought her popcorn and a certificate for already knowing all 31 "popcorn" words (simple sight words that the class is learning this year). Another day she told me that they were visited by a dolphin in class (of the stuffed variety) and that he comes to teach them manners.

I'm sure you want to see pics from her first day at school...

Anxious to get out the door to the school bus. She says the school bus is the best part of going to school because she doesn't have to sit in a car seat!

What a smile!

Waiting with her friends (Josey - 1st grade and Jaycee - kindergarten) at the bus stop.

Her teacher emailed all the parents pictures at lunch time on their first day. I wasn't surprised to see Jenna sitting front and center with a huge smile on her face.

Olivia was so excited to meet Jenna at the bus stop after school!

And this is the second day of school for Jenna and Robby's first day (he was recovering from a fever the first day).