Today was the first day of school and Gina is starting first grade. I don't know what time she woke up, but she was in my room at 6:45am with her dress on and needing me to zipper it up in the back. Andrew was up with her and they did a good job of waking Dylan up too.
I had figured out that Gina's school is only a mile away from our house, a reasonable walking distance. Gina's former preschool teacher doesn't drive and used to walk a mile with her son to school every day. If she could do it every day, I decided that we could do it at least a few times a week. Gina was all for it.
Andrew and Dylan got to ride the whole way. I ended up carrying Gina's backpack and pad of paper but she was a real trooper, keeping up with my quick pace. We left at 8am and got to school at 8:25am. I was busy handing out first day packets to all the parents and making sure Andrew didn't tip the stroller over with Dylan in it. It wasn't long before the 2nd bell had rung, the door opened and the kids started to go inside. I quickly got a few shots of Gina going into her classroom.
This year, she is in a 1/2 combo class and it is taught by two teachers: Marile on the right has taught for 35 years and teaches in the class 3 days a week. Jennifer, on the left, has been teaching 7 years and is in the classroom 2 days a week. There is also an aide who works 4 mornings a week.
When I picked Gina up at 2:30pm she was all smiles. She said she enjoyed coloring in her name tag best and she likes having her own desk. The school year is off to a good start.
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