First Grade Here We Come!

Well, it's official. Jared and I have our very first 1st Grader. Unreal. I can't believe honestly that we've been married long enough to have a child grow up and now leave us for 8 hours each day. Besides the fact that she is going to have the BEST time of her life, we are going to miss her here at home. Last night Alayna was BOUNCING off the walls with excitement that she was able to go back to school. She was thrilled to be a BIG kid and go to school ALL DAY LONG just like her cousins. It would be much harder for me if she was feeling uncomfortable about being gone all day, but she seems to love this idea. It's Jake now, that is super sad she's gone clear till almost dinner time.

Look how much she has grown over the past two years...She really is such a darling girl!
Preschool Pictures
Kindergarten Pictures

She was DONE taking pictures. She wanted to just go to the bus!

I'm going to keep taking pictures of her with her GIANT back pack and see how many years it takes for her to grown into it. She was super excited that this year she actually got to pack a lunch! It will be fun to see how much she eats. Alayna is known for being the absolute slowest eater in the world! So her sandwich, two carrots, 5 grapes just might do her in! I told her to bring it back home so I could see how much she could actually eat. Oh, I can hardly wait to have her return home and tell me ALL about her day. (Oh, yes we forgot to get her school shoes. So we are breaking the rules on the first day of school and sending her in flip flops! Opps...Target here we come!)

Here is her darling friend Eliza that lives around the corner from us. They were both so excited to have each other on the bus. Sadly, this year all the kids were put on different tracks, so they won't be in the same class, but they will have each other at recess and the bus. Let's all pray for her that she keeps up this excitement and we won't have too many hard mornings getting her out the door on time. Here's to first grade!