Juju's First Day of School!

Today was the big day- Julia's first day of "big girl school"! After months of weighing the pros and cons and changing our minds a hundred times, we decided to send Julia to the pre-k program at public school. It is free, but it is an all day thing, which she has never done before. Last year she just went 3 days a week for 3 hours a day. But she was soooo bored all summer and we felt like she's ready for a new challenge. It is very sad to think about our baby going to regular school. But we like the school, it is nice and clean, and the teacher and parapro are both really nice. We have been talking it up and she has been very excited but we still weren't sure how she would react when we actually got to school and had to leave her there. She has been pretty clingy to Matt and I since right before Alex was born. We woke up bright and early (she has to be at school at 7:35 which is VERY early to us!), dressed her and took some pictures, and headed off to school. Thank goodness, she was very excited to be there and did not cry when we left! I was extremely sad all day and tried very hard not to think about it. But it was certainly strange and very quiet. We couldn't wait to pick her up at 2:30 and she was of course thrilled to see us. But she said she had a great time. She was extremely tired and didn't seem to want to talk about it as much as we did but she didn't say anything negative so we took that as a good sign. I feel good having that first day behind us but I know we still have some adjusting to do. We'll see what happens Monday! *** Since we are new at this, we haven't mastered putting the pictures in the right order! ***