Middle School

My oldest child started middle school today. I'm not really sure how that happened because I swear that I was just dropping her off to her first day of kindergarten last year but yet here we are....wow. We've been anticipating this day all summer long (well she has been anticipating and I've had a mixture of anticipation and dread) but nonetheless the first day of 6th grade has been in constant discussion in our home. This mornng she woke up bright and early, got dressed in her outfit she's had picked out for a month and then she got everything ready to go. Then we decided to go outside so I could take a few obligatory first day of school pictures.



Supplies gathered and pictures taken it was time to say goodbye. It was a few minutes too soon to go wait for the bus so we sat together on the front porch for awhile just chatting, her and I. I loved those last few moments we had together before she walked to the corner to wait at the bus stop. As I watched her walked down the street tears filled my eyes as I watched my daughter walk towards a brand new chapter in her life. At first her pace was steady but as she neared the bus stop and saw her friends she began to run. I could just feel the excitement from all the way down the street! I laughed a little but the tears continued to flow. Then the bus rounded the corner, the new 6th graders boarded and they were off....



Usually Ashy would just ride the bus home but I really wanted see her locker and her school and just somehow be a little piece of her first day of middle school experience so I decided to pick her up from school. When I got there I waited outside and she walked out without her school bag. She left it in her locker becaseu she didn't have anything to bring home. I decided we need to go back inside and get it (so I could get a look at her locker...) and she was pretty put out. LOL! She said, "MOM I JUST WALKED DOWN 3 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS (Her locker is on the 3 floor)...I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK UP THERE!" But I made her anyway. Tee hee...I'm so bad. She opened her locker so fast, memorized her combination and she was a pro! I was amazed!



All in all she had an amazing day. Her homeroom is full is kids she is already friends with, she made a couple of new friends, loved her Spanish class and her English class, she's a little scared of her Home Ec class, and she liked every single one of her teachers. I'd say for a first day it was A1.