Kindergarten First Day!

We survived, but not without the tears--FROM MOMMY! :) I had an extremely hard time falling asleep last night. I was just sad. Sad at the reality that Bayleigh is growing up. I am proud of her. She is happy and I am happy because of that. I am just sad for me. If you're a mommy reading this you understand exactly what I'm going through. Melanie got here a couple of minutes early so I could get my pictures of the kids and then she stayed here so that I could take Bayleigh and Colin to school today. We got there and I was good. Bayleigh of course was excited. When the doors were opened we went into the Kindergarten class only to be rushed out into the third grade hall. I guess they will go into the doors and meet in that hall each morning and then split into their classes. On the one side of the hall was all of the Kindergarteners and on the other were the First Graders. Worked out perfect so I can know that Colin and Bayleigh will be able to escort each other there each morning and then split off. Some of Bayleigh's teammates from Little League were already lined up yelling her name to say a good morning hello. It was quite cute. I left her in the line and went to turn away and seen a little first grade girl crying terribly. I felt so bad for her and wish so badly I would have consoled her as I wanted to, but was afraid to over step my bounds or that I would only upset her more with me being a stranger. As I sit here now I wish I'd have just said to her, everythings going to be OK and you have a great day. BUT I didn't. After seeing her I was shaken up a bit and turned to Bayleigh one last time and asked for a hug and told her to have a great day. She smiled, hugged me back, and told me she would. :) Then as I was walking away I seen Kylee from her ball team and she was on the verge of a major break down as well. I just told her hello and smiled at her. She forced a smile in return through tear filled eyes. The walk into the school and even the "organization" in the hallway was just plain chaotic to best describe it. Once I was outside I was talking to another gentleman coming out with me and expressed that and he agreed. I got into my truck, put it in reverse, and the tears just started flowing. I was fighting to control my tears so that I wasn't a complete blubbering mess. I didn't do too well. Even as I sat at home I would find myself tearing up during different parts of the morning. I couldn't wait to get her home and hear about her day. SHE LOVED IT! I knew she would and for this I am happy. Mrs. Dalley is an amazing teacher and I know that Bayleigh's entire year will be fun and full of great memories. SO, here are the pictures from this morning. Please excuse my photos. It was so hot and humid when we walked outside that my lens fogged up and took forever to clear.


Thanks for checking in.
Love,
Jennifer