Update on the First Day of School

So, the first day of school was actually much less dramatic than I had expected.  Picking Emma up was relatively boring...except that Matt wasn't home in time so I had to bring along Ty (without shoes as we were in a hurry) and Siri, who was pretty bonkers because she hadn't napped.  The bell rang as the parents were waiting in the wrong area, and I went around the corner as Emma came out the door.  She was happy to see me, but we had to get Siri away from the tether ball before we could start for the car, and when I had a quiet moment to ask her about her day she wanted to know why she didn't get to take the bus.  Hmmm. (And in case anyone is wondering, we are opting out of putting our tiny 5 year old into the craziness of 30 unsupervised minutes and carpooling with 2 other neighboring families.)  Emma did comment on how long school was; 6 hours every day is pretty different from 2 1/2 hours of preschool every other day!

After school we had all the neighbor kids over for cookies and milk in honor of the first day!  It was really fun and I think they drank a whole gallon of milk!