The Day Before...

The day before Elyse's first day of Kindergarten (at Cypress Christian School) was very eventful. It began by visiting the Willertons and meeting their brand new baby Isaac. We then headed to lunch at one of Elyse's favorite places- KFC and then went to meet her teacher. When we arrived to Elyse's classroom we were the first ones there which gave us an opportunity to talk to her teacher one-on-one and get a picture.

Elyse's teacher is Mrs. Young and has been teaching kindergarten for a few years at CCS.

Elyse was not one bit nervous and found her desk easily. On her desk were some Starburst which was a nice bonus. After taking in the scene, I had Elyse practice finding her classroom from the front of the school. She had no problem.

After visiting school we headed home. Anastasia fell asleep in the car so I took this opportunity to get a treat with Elyse while A slept. We went to Sonic and had some ice cream.

Once A woke up we were home and I told Elyse she could watch a movie. She chose Madagascar 2. Prior to the movie Elyse received some flowers from Aunt Pat and Uncle Don for her first day of Kindergarten.

This is Elyse's flower pose

And of course Anastasia had to do it too.

The movie was followed by a rousing game of Hide-and-seek.

It was quite a busy day. Tomorrow our lives change. I realized that I will only see Elyse about 4 or 5 hours each day counting travel to and from school. That may sound like a lot but if you factor in driving and dinner and baths and homework and everything else it's not much time at all :(

I am excited for Elyse and I know she will do great, I am going to just have to adjust and then celebrate the fact that Elyse is bringing us into the next phase of our lives.

Until tomorrow...