The First Day...

Navies first day of ALL day Kindergarten was yesterday.  It has been a little traumatic leading up to it but this morning she seemed happy and excited.  When the class lists were posted she found out that she was not in Lauren (her cousins) class and came home and shut herself in her room and cried.  I knew that would be the response and after some deep negotiations with Aimee and Ryan we went to the office and got Lauren switched to Navies class.  On meet the teacher night Navie was thrilled.  Her teacher is wonderful!  She has turtles and animals throughout the room and a reading corner with trees and cushions.  They made their first project that night and got to hang them outside in the hallway plus they received a little welcome gift.  Her teacher was so understanding about the situation and said whatever made Navie feel more comfortable we needed to do.  Their are so many firsts that Navie is experiencing.  First time going to school all day and first time riding the bus first time eating lunch, needless to say a lot of new things.  We laid in bed together Wednesday morning and just talked about what all she was going to do and how fun this would be for her.  She came home on the bus  (45 minutes late due to a mechanical breakdown) and was telling me all about the certificates that she won and that she got a sticker on her calendar she showed me her art project and could not stop talking about how much she loved it.  I asked her if there was anything she didn't like and she said "Mom, it was too long!"  Overall I think that has been a great start to the beginning of a long journey.  I love you Navie and am so proud that you got the courage to go to school and that you are enjoying yourself!