first days of school

 Both Larkin and Willa started school in August. Willa goes to pre-k three days a week from 9-1:30, and Larkin is in kinder from 7:35-2:35 everyday!

Pre-k--
Willa is loving pre-k and making lots of friends. She is very outgoing and friendly, and fits right into the group of girls in her class. She watched Larkin go to the same class last year and was so excited to finally have her turn! For her first day of school she picked out her Packer dress and Joel gave her an A+

She was a little quiet the first few days in class, but now (a few weeks in) I have to almost drag her out of there because she doesn't want to stop playing with her friends and there's always just "one more friend" she needs to say goodbye to.

Willa on first day of pre-k

Larkin wanted to wear hers too

Kindergarten--
The day before school started I tucked Larkin into bed and told her that I was so proud of her. I told her that big kids go to school and that when she woke up, she too would be a "big kid" now. She got a huge smile on her face and said, "So I'm a big kid and Willa isn't!!" Oops--not how I wanted it to go over. Of course she has mentioned repeatedly to Willa now that SHE is the big kid and that Willa is still little.


Larkin has her own alarm clock now and gets herself up AND dressed at 6:30 each day. She comes into our room fully dressed each morning and wakes us up!

Larkin on first day of kinder

We were worried that Larkin would cling to us and cry on the first day (like she did the first few weeks of pre-k) but nope--she was totally fine! 

ready to get to work!

 Kinder has been quite the emotional roller coaster for her. One day she was sitting on the couch and said to me, "Mom, I just love kindergarten. It's so much fun." Then suddenly her angelic smile vanished and she squinted her eyes at me and said, "But I hate kindergarten because I have to be away from you so long." Then she started bawling uncontrollably.

The teachers warned us that the kids would be emotional and tired for the first six weeks, and they were right on the money. It's been about 6 weeks now and things are starting to calm down and we're settling into a routine. It was a crazy six weeks though and that's why I'm so far behind on this blog!! :)