Kindergarten Here We Come!

Well it's official, Ryleigh started kindergarten today, and somehow we all survived. She has been looking forward to this for weeks, and I am happy to report she came home just as excited (if not more so) than when she left. I went with Andrea to drop off Ryleigh at school. The first day the parents could come in the classroom and be apart of the first storytime - a book about a boy named Owen, but tomorrow you must drop them off at the door.

I thought I was going to lend my support to Ryleigh and help reassure her that everything would be ok. However the transition seemed to be harder on Andrea who starting tearing up when she took the first picture. Of course we were both proud to see our daughter start her first day of school, but we rememer when she was just a baby. She's just growing up so fast. The day she was born her grammy and poppa were so excited to have another grand-DAUGHTER that they rushed out and bought 3 or 4 brand new pink outfits for her to wear. We've probably been through several hundred pink outfits since then, but you can see what color dress she chose to wear to school the first day.

The last thing I said to her before we left was for her to have a GREAT first day of kindergarten. "I WILL Daddy!". Oh such fun. When I came home she was hopping and skipping and singing and dancing to some of the new songs she learned today. She also informed us at the dinner table that she is no longer Ryleigh, but Ryleigh H. She then proceeded to call me Daddy H. and her mother Mommy H. She's such a goof ball.

Ryleigh's first day of kindergarten is in the books, and I will call it a success. She told me tonight that it wasn't as hard as she thought it was going to be, and she went to sleep looking forward to another day. Thank you Mrs. Stephens for a job well done!