Ella's first day of school

Ella was up bright and early this morning. I could hear her chatting with Eric in the kitchen while he fixed her favorite breakfast, pancakes. I had her come and get dressed while Eric finished up. I fixed her hair and her lunch. Just in case she didn't like what they were serving in the lunch room. She assured me that she wanted to eat the corn. It was much healthier than peanut butter and jelly. I let her know that if they were serving corn she was more than welcome to eat that instead of her sandwich. We packed her snack bag that i had decorated myself. I wrote her a message on the back. Lunch and snack were carefully tucked away in her backpack. She sat to eat her pancakes. The time had arrived. Eric got the boys up and loaded in the car and Ella got her backpack. She had to wear it to the car. Carrying it just wouldn't do on the first day of school. There she stood, in the doorway, a big girl. Snack packed, lunch packed and lunch money in her pocket, nails painted, hair fixed, backpack on, tummy full. Ready. We made our way to the school and parked so i could walk her in. She took a few pictures but you could tell she couldn't wait to get inside. She just knew she would learn something today. As I start to walk her in she asked me to skip with her. I did. We skipped all the way into the the school. :) We made our way through all the other parents and kids towards her classroom. We make a quick stop in the bathroom and then she was in her room almost before i could get the picture. Another mother assured me that her teacher, Mrs. Cronce, was great. Her daughter had her last year and loved her. Ella took a seat at the table with 3 other girls. Mrs. Cronce goes through her backpack to pull her lunch out and put it in it's appropriate place and when i ask Ella to hand over her lunch money....uh-oh. It must have fallen out during our skipping. I check the bathroom and no money. On my route back to her classroom i see another mother who i am sure just dropped her baby off in kindergarten. She was sobbing. I made note not to do that or at least wait until i got to the car. I tell Mrs. Cronce i will return with more lunch money. I go out to the car and ask Eric if he wanted to run her in some lunch money. He was happy to do so. He wanted to take her in just as much as i did. He got to see her and tell her good-bye one last time. I pouted like a child no tears though. School stinks but i love seeing her so happy about going and learning. 2:15 will be here before i know and she is all mine again! Until 6, then she is off to gymnastics.