First Day of School!

        Ashlynn became a second grader this year at Iona Elementary! So hard to believe. The first day of school was Monday 27 August. Ashlynn was so ready, too. She had picked out her new lunch box, new backpack which she had loaded all of her school new supplied into, she'd met her new teacher, and had picked out her first day of school outfit.

       The morning finally arrived and she jumped out of bed and started getting ready. I had worked the night before so I arrive home in time to do her hair and help make her lunch. Before she headed out the door I snapped a few pictures of her.

I never seem to allow enough time for pictures. I certainly did not allow enough this year. This year we had to deal with an ornery 2 year old who wanted to do everything his big sister did. When she got dressed, he had to get dressed. Same with doing hair and eating breakfast. When it came time to taking pictures, by golly he wanted to be in it.  When she got her backpack out, he did, too. 

I had to get a picture of their backpacks! 

 Ashlynn wanted a picture of her going out the door. I figured going out the front door would look much better then going out the garage like we really did.

 And here is the traditional picture by the sign out front of the school. 

     With all of these pictures and a few other things, Ashlynn was a little late to her first day of school. She was not the last to arrive, but she certainly got to her seat after the bell rang. Thankfully they do not county the kids tardy on the first day! 

     When Ashlynn got home she seemed really excited about her first day. She said the only thing she learned was not to microwave an egg salad sandwich. I'm hoping that she will begin having more academic learning experiences and a few less "cooking" disasters at school.