First Grade!!!

Anna started first grade today!!! She was anxious and excited all wrapped up into one today. She met her teacher, Mrs. Brown, on Friday night at Meet the Teacher. She has some old friends and many new friends in her class. We got her back pack and an extra bag packed with all of her many school supplies, packed all her favorite things in her lunchbox and wore her favorite uniform outfit to set out for the first day "up the hill". At Anna and Caroline's school, the campus has two buildings. The first building houses the early childhood program (2's and 3's) as well as the junior and senior kindergarten children. This is the only building we have known since Anna started the 2's at Harding in 2005. The second building houses first through sixth grades and is "up the hill" from the other building. With this building brings a new gym, cafeteria, playground and many hopefully fun memories. Anna was nervous as Gary and I accompanied her inside the building. She quickly became at ease as other friends arrived and they greeted each other from the long summer break. Mrs. Brown has 31 years of teaching and primarily this experience has been in first grade. All the parents watched as their kids took their setas and there were some tears, mostly from the parents including Gary and me and not the kids!!! The bell rang and all the parents exited. The kids were all anticipating the fun of first grade. Anna had a great day. She said her favorite part was science. Maybe my dad rubbed off on her this summer with the science experiments and the astronomy lesson with the telescope!! Here's to a great year in first grade!!

anna is welcomed to her new building
anna with mrs. brown, her first grade teacher

the proud parents with their new first grader!