Lily Starts to School!

I cannot believe that today was Lily's first day of Pre-K!  Where has the time gone? 

We are absolutely thrilled that she will attend Atlanta Classical Christian Academy five half-days a week.  We discovered this school a couple of years ago, and we have been nothing but impressed with them.  We love the classical method of teaching, and we are very pleased that this is also a Christian-based learning system.  Lily has been so excited for a couple of weeks, ever since we bought her school supplies.  Lily loves to learn, so she couldn't wait for school to start.  

Last Thursday, we attended the Pre-K Open House where we had the chance to meet Lily's teacher, Mrs. Worrell, see her classroom, meet other kids in her class (and their parents) and drop off her supplies.  There were two rows of small tables which have up to three children at each at them; there are 11 total kids in her class.  Everyone found their seat, and they looked around the room to find their name elsewhere: on their cubbies, coat hook and on the wall.  Lily was so excited when she looked around her room.  They have tons of great books, stuffed animals (Lily said the giraffes were her favorite part), craft supplies and a pretend kitchen.  She and Mia had fun making a railroad track out of connectable blocks.  There was a lot of space for everyone to move around in, and there's a little bathroom connected to their classroom. Of course, the room is decorated so cute too with lots of bright pictures showing the ABCs, months, days, left versus right; all the fun stuff you work on in Pre-K! 

Lily standing in front of the growth chart holding her table name tag.

 The hallway outside of her room is decorated so cute too!

 Lily with Mrs. Worrell.  The headmaster told Ryan that she is "the girl you want your girl to grow up to be."  We have heard great things about her from other parents too, so we are thrilled that Lily is in her class.

 Today was the big day, so I made Lily a special Happy Face breakfast which consisted of strawberry eyes, scrambled egg nose, granola cheeks and a bacon mouth.

Ready to go in her adorable uniform!  This is her "standard" uniform that is worn most days though she has a couple of color and style options on the shirt.  On Wednesdays, which is chapel day, all the girls wear a plaid jumper over a white blouse.  They are so precious!

 Showing off her new book bag. 

 Ryan and I walked her in this morning.  In a couple of days, we'll let her go through the carpool line, but I'm not ready for that yet!  Here she is about to walk into her class.  Though she gave us each a big hug and a kiss, she was very brave and didn't cling to us.  Yet another sign that my little girl is growing up!

 In her seat and ready to go!

She was so excited to get started this morning, and we couldn't wait to pick her up and see how her first day went.  When she climbed in, we asked how the day was and she said "Good."  We asked what she did, and she told us about playing a funny way of Duck, Duck, Goose where you say your name instead of Goose.  They also drew shapes (circles, squares and rectangles; she used red).  She also really enjoyed hearing Mrs. Worrell read a book called "Corduroy Goes to School."  Lily always loves a good book.  Of course, they had snack time too where I was informed that she liked her pretzels but she did not eat her grapes because she does not like grapes (forget the fact that she ate a dozen with dinner last night). 

We decided to head to Chick-fil-a for lunch and a special milkshake treat.  Ryan and I had fun sitting with Lily, and just listening to her talk about her day.  At one point, I asked if she wanted to wear her blue shirt with her uniform tomorrow.  She said she liked this shirt better because it was more pink than the blue.  She likes her uniforms though (and I can't help but say she is adorable in them). 

We are so proud of this little girl!  Overall, she had a fantastic first day, and she is excited about returning tomorrow!