All the Cool Kids go to Kinder...

We survived the first day of Kindergarten!  The night before, we picked out her 'first day' outfit, packed her lunch and back back, and read the Bernstein Bear's 'back to shool' book before bed.  She was ready. I on the other hand, had a teensy little bit of anxiety.  The kind that made it impossible to sleep.  The kind that kept me up until 3:30 a.m., until i finally got in Ava's bed and fell right to sleep.

I was anxious for nothing. Our baby big girl was SO excited for the day!  We had healthy yummy waffles for breakfast.  She got herself dressed and I fixed her hair (she got to choose the bow).  We were finally ready to head out the door, but not before taking a few photos of our girl on her big day!

Love her j.crew pants --- found them at a kids resale shop about a month ago!

She's pretty excited about her lunch box:-)

The mandatory photo with Dad.

And the mandatory photo with Mom.

The rest of the photos were taken with my iPhone--and we were on the move -- so i apologize that some are a little fuzzy!

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This next picture is by far my favorite of the day.  Sweet girl and her daddy on their way inside ((this was the only time I got misty eyed!))

Mrs. Sanderson was waiting for us when we got to her class.  Ava quickly learned the morning routine.  First, we put up our lunch boxes.

Then she finds her cubby and puts her snack inside.

And finally, she gets to go to her locker (her favorite thing about Kindergarten so far) and put away her back back.

She had a great first day, and couldn't wait to go back this morning. It was her groups day to use the computers :)  She also informed us that she didn't need us to walk her to class this morning, that we could just drop her off out front.  Daddy said she walked in SO proud this morning as he watched from the car. 

We are so proud our our independent kindergartner, and so excited to see what this year has in store for her!