Ashley's First Day of Kindergarten

At the beginning of September, the long anticipated first day of school arrived! Ashley had been counting down to this day for months and could hardly stand it when her first day of kindergarten finally came. She was so excited for school that she was all ready to go before breakfast, with backpack on and everything. The only problem was that she goes to the afternoon kindergarten which made for a torturously long wait!

Here is Ash all ready to go eating a little breakfast.

About a half hour before the bus was supposed to arrive I finally said we could go outside to wait for the bus. Here we are waiting...

and waiting (still so excited - there were lots of little squeals, jumps, and "Oh Mommy, I can't wait anymore! I'm soooo excited!")...

and waiting...

and waiting some more...

The bus ended up being really late - it finally showed up about 4 minutes after school started. We were on our way back home to get in the car so I could drive Ashley to school when the bus finally arrived.

The bus was the thing Ashley was most excited for.

Ella thought she was going to get to ride the bus too, so when Ash got on and she had to stay behind, she was a little sad.

Ella and I raced to the school to meet the bus and Ash. Here is Ashley sitting in her seat, still so giddy excited.

Ashley meeting her teacher.

Like a psycho first time parent should, I came back to the school when it was time for Ashley to get back on the bus, just to make sure she got on the right bus and that everything was okay. Sure enough, Ash was just fine and was still smiling from ear to ear. Kindergarten has been a huge adventure for Ash and thankfully she is still loving it!