Today was super exciting and a little bit difficult. Alaina headed off to school with a big smile and a little bit of concern. She felt a little bit shy when we got there, but she met some new friends and started playing with dolls and dress-ups and decided it wasn't such a bad place to stay. She finishes early this week to help her ease into it, which is good since the predicted high for today is 36! (and there's no air conditioning at school) 
She's such a big girl, she even got to hold Elissa standing up! And she insisted we take a picture of all three of them since she promised Gram we would.
Here she has a vitamin in her mouth and the sun in her eyes (which might explain Lincoln's expression) but she really was super excited about the day. Her first words to me this morning were "Mummy, today is my first day of school!" and she's started referring to herself as "school girl"It has been a lot quieter here today. No fighting, which is an enormous relief. Alaina is a lot of fun to have around, but also a lot of work sometimes. I'm sure she is going to love going to school and having so many friends to play with. I'm just wondering if my heart can manage being stretched that kilometre or so every day.
Please tell Alaina "Thank you" for following up on the pictures. They are wonderful! Alaina's expression in the first one just wraps itself around my heart. What a big girl you have there! I imagine Lincoln will enjoy some time to be the big man of the house, too. This is an exciting time for the whole family, I can tell. Please give them hugs and kisses from us.
ReplyDeleteI will. We are all very excited and enjoying it so far. I took Lincoln to a playgroup today, it was so weird without Alaina dominating my attention. After she came home she still thought the most exciting part of the day was getting to hold Elissa standing up.
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