First Day of School!

Today, our little princess started 5th grade!  I swear we were just holding her for the very first time in the hospital! 

 

We moved over the summer, so Sarah is starting a new school in a new town.  As excited as she was to begin school today, (she LOVES school!), she was really nervous too.  When I dropped her off this morning, I got a lump in my throat and immediately started praying that she would have a great day, make friends, and let her light shine.

 

When Jackson and I picked Sarah up, she had a huge smile on her face!  This Momma immediately felt better before she even said anything!  She had a great first day!  She immediately began telling me everything!

 

• She made a friend, Mattie, before school even started.  Mattie is new to our little town too!  They are in Reading together, ate lunch together, and played together at recess!
• In addition to Mattie, she made 5 other friends!
• She loves all of her classes, but her favorite thus far, is Music.  Her teacher is an Aggie and plays in a local band.  In January, he's taking all of the 5th graders to the Ft. Worth Symphony!
• She loved the lunch that I packed for her and said she could "taste the love!"

When Papa Bear got home, we took Sarah out for a treat--a tradition we do on the first day of school each year.  This year, she asked to go to Chickfila for a milkshake!

 

Last Thursday, we went to the school to pick up her schedule and get her locker!  A schedule and a locker!!  I still can't believe she's old enough for those two things!

 

Look at how cute her locker is!  And how happy she is to have a locker!

We practiced unlocking it so many times!

Sarah felt so grown up to have a schedule!  In 5th grade, they only offer one honors class--Math--and Sarah is in it!  We had to provide her scores from the 4th grade standardized test, and since she only missed 2 questions on the whole thing, she was in!  We are so proud of her!  She's going to have a great year!