"Twas the Night Before Kindergarten....

and Gracie got ready to go. Tomorrow is the big day and off to school she'll go!

I sit here and really can't believe that my sweet girl goes off to Kindergarten tomorrow!  I mean, where did the time go?  It seems like yesterday she was born!  The good news is that she will be attending my school..Wesmere!  We live in district so she could attend.  She will be riding with me every morning to school with me and hanging out with me until the bell rings.  How cool is that?  But just like these last 5 years flew by, the next 6 will go even faster.  I've seen so many kids start and now they're off in middle school and high school.  In fact, my first class 11 years ago will be starting their second year in college!  And I had them as little 3rd graders! 

So we packed up our supplies and put our name on them.  She needs one folder and one notebook, markers, crayons, pencils, lots of glue sticks, Kleenex, dry erase markers, and a pencil supply box.  We are set!  After a bath, we painted nails.  I tried to get Gracie to pick a pretty color to match her new dress tomorrow but she choose green and then had me put a coat of glitter over that.  She still looks cute though.  She got a special book called "The Night Before Kindergarten" which we read before bed. She is set and ready to make some new friends.  We also have our pickup number for the car ready to go (I had it laminted) because for pickup, the parents pull up and the teacher looks for the number to dismiss them.  She has already met her teacher Mrs. Traina and is excited to go!  I am so happy for her that I forget I am starting school myself tomorrow!  Oh well, it's my 12th year so I'm used to it. I can't wait for her to start learning all the Kindergarten things, join the PTO, which now I will be a parent, not just a teacher, and I even signed up to be a girl scout leader!  Stay tuned for tomorow to check out pics from Gracie's first day of Kindergarten!  I am so proud of her!