That first, first day

Today was the first, first day of school for my girl.  We have been preparing for this day for many months.  The picture above was taken in June as my girl began demonstrating an interest in wearing her backpack and began pretending she was walking out the front door to go to school.

Today was filled with excitement that was tainted with bits of fear, anxiousness and happiness...for both of us.

The new outfit and shoes were happily put on.

The obligatory "first day" pictures were taken outside the front door.

The little sis' wanted to com,e and for once, that was ok.

The rain poured down and delayed the start by 2 hours.

But that didn't dampen this little girl's spirits as we figured out an exit strategy from the car in the soaked parking lot.

After dodging raindrops and downpours, we finally made it.  

A cubby was found and a nametag was proudly worn.

Goodbyes were short but happy as new Play-Doh occupied busy little hands.

Yes, Momma peeked in (even though she swore she would never be "that mother").

Even though Momma and the little one had a nice time together, we quickly found out that car rides, lunch and playtime were very quiet without our big girl.

That combined with the rain made us a little sad.

But those feelings were erased when we saw the big smile on the big sister's face when we picked her up and heard all about her happy first day!

We made it through the first of many "first days!"  

Here's hoping all the first days had by many little ones over the past few weeks have been super positive and great!