Rori's First Day!

I can't believe it; our "baby" Rori started kindergarten today! I remember the first time I held her; she was 46 hours old, and now she's a 5 1/2 year old in kindergarten? Where does time go?

We went to the Hines' house (luckily they live only 4 minutes away!) to see her get on the bus for the first time. She looked so cute, and she was so excited. She showed Dan and me all her folders and notebooks (puppies and Disney princesses seemed to be the common theme there!) and she was so excited. Although, when she got on the bus, she did kind of look back at us, like, "Wait; I'm supposed to get on here by myself?" But she was a little trooper, got on the bus and sat down in the front seat, and we waved to her until the bus drove off.

Then Tracy, Kirsti, Dan and I (Dan H. had to go to work, so he couldn't come with us, but Kirsti doesn't start school until tomorrow so she came along, which was nice) went to the open house that the school had, and we got to see her classroom and teacher. It was cool; the governor was even there, and he spoke to us and shook our hands. I was like, whoa, that's crazy that the governor is here! He chatted with us for a bit, then went off to visit some other schools.

Anyway, Rori's classroom was really cool, and her teacher seems great. She sat down right away and started coloring the pictures they had laid out on the table. She looked really happy, and she was talking to some of the other kids at the table, so she seemed to feel pretty comfortable. Here are some pictures of her (Sorry some of them are sideways; blogger won't let me turn them around. If you click on them, though, you can see them in a larger size).

Getting on the bus:


At home before the bus comes:


With Kirsti at home


Coloring at school: