so...can you tell how excited she was? there was nothing i could do to make her look at me. in the end she was crying because she didn't want to pose for a picture. and i quote:"i hate school"
i explained that "hate" is a very strong word and should rarely, if ever, be used and then i asked her how she could hate something that she'd never even tried before. she then informed me that she just knew she wouldn't like it...how can you argue with that logic, right?
so we went into the classroom and her teacher mrs. white read the kissing hand by audrey penn, which i'd never heard before and thought was very nice and very perfect for the 1st day of school. she insisted on sitting on my lap during this time (elizabeth...not mrs. white), which was completely understandable!
she warmed up a little and finally made her way to her seat to color while the parents went through their orientation!!!
doesn't she look lost?
after parent orientation the kids were playing on the playground. we peaked out the window and she'd found her friend molly so it was all better! she'd come out of her shell by then. this is the two of them running around like hellions:
now her claim on school is "it's really great and i love my friends" so we're on the right path!!!! hopefully this will last for 12 - 18 more years, but i won't hold my breath!
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I love that first picture of Elizabeth not looking at the camera. She is such a beautiful girl, Spacey. Where did she get that? Aunt Kelly, perhaps? Perhaps. I am glad that she no longer hates school - that lasted about 8 years for Money and now that he's about to start high school he is back to the whole hating thing... maybe he'll flip back in college?
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