First Day of Kindergarten and Soccer

Alannah started kindergarted a couple of months ago.  I am happy to report that she absolutely loves it! Of course I made her take a ton of pictures that morning.  

I had a lot of anxiety leading up to the day.  Mainly because it just makes me sad that she's so grown up.  I was also afraid she wouldn't do well with drop-off.  I really like the way her school did things.  The parents got the stay with the kids on the first day.  Her teacher had activities planned for the kids and went over a lot of stuff with the parents.  It was a good transition for everyone.  The second day was a little hard.  Her teacher has them line up outside their classroom every morning and wave goodbye to the parents.  As soon as they started waving, tears welled up in Alannah's eyes and she was on the verge of crying.  It's a good thing I was wearing sunglasses because it was pretty hard for me as well.  Once we picked her up though, she had a great time.  Drop off was hard for her that first week, but now she goes in her class happy every morning.  

I took pictures of her every morning the first week.  She has been named the fashionista of her class.  

She has made a lot of new friends and I no longer worry about her shyness.  She's a social butterfly.  I'm amazed at how much she has already learned.  She comes home telling me all she learned every day.  She loves her homework and wants to do more than we are supposed to.  She's reading a lot more and I think she'll be reading everything in front of her by the end of the year.  I couldn't be prouder!  

I was volunteering in her class for a while.  My belly is now too big and I am too uncomfortable to help out....so I'm taking a little break.  I loved watching her in class the weeks that I did go.  She sits so patiently and soaks everything in.  I love watching her interact with her friends and teacher.  Her teacher, by the way, is awesome! We had heard good things about her before Alannah even started kindergarten.  

I'm loving having a kindergartener....especially because she loves it SO much! I think next year will be harder (on me) when she is gone all day instead of 3 hours.  She's growing up too fast! 

My cutie in her school picture

A couple of weeks after she started school...she also started soccer.  Alannah is an active girl and loves to stay busy.  She expressed some interest in soccer so we signed her up.  We have found another thing that she loves! And she's surprisingly good at it (from no genes of mine).  I love watching her play.  I never thought I'd be one of those soccer moms yelling on the sidelines...but it just happened naturally :)  And lucky for her, she has her former soccer superstar daddy to help her practice and give her some pointers. 

So, between school, gymnastics (which she is still doing and loving as well), and soccer...Alannah has been pretty busy.  Things are going to get even crazier here in a couple of weeks when she becomes a big sister!