School days!

Who started kindergarten? Alexis Dawn! I hate to admit because I certainly don't feel it, but I am now old enough to have a child in school. Real school, not preschool. Where has time gone? I remember it like yesterday when Alexis was first born! Why do they have to grow up so stinkin fast? Needless to say, Alexis was ecstatic to begin real school. She went to preschool last year with Miss Vickie and Miss Liz and loved every minute of it. I think they really prepared her for kindergarten entirely. She woke up that morning (July 30, year round school!) with a smile ear to ear and said, "Mommy! Today I go to school! Get up!" So, I got up! I took her school shopping a few weeks ago, and she had to pick out all the latest fashions. Anyone that knows Alexis knows that her favorite color is rainbow, so it was only appropriate that she wore a rainbow dress on the first day of the rest of her life!

The official first day of school portraits!

Avery was a little nervous that sissy was leaving...

But Avery got a sack lunch too so she wouldn't feel left out!

Here is Alexis in front of her school, Eduprize elementary in Queen Creek.

Waiting in line to go in the classroom with her classmates

This was Avery when we pulled in to the house and did not have Alexis with us. She was hysterical because she wanted to go get sissy! She thought we were going to leave her at school forever! They really DO love each other!

Alexis after her first day with her nametag!

Doing her first homework!

The cake we made to celebrate! (It has a piece missing because Alexis doesn't like frosting! Not my kid!)

Everyday when I pick Alexis up from school, she says it was AWESOME! She likes all of the boys, I never hear about any of the girls, just like when she was in preschool. She seems to be making many new friends, behaving, and learning so much already. She is learning to read pretty good now, and enjoys doing homework! We are so proud of her! And Avery is adjusting to having sissy gone and having mom and dad all to herself! And mom is adjusting to having only one kid at home during the day. Avery is so quiet ( for the most part), but we still miss Alexis and her stories all day! We now just have to wait until the afternoon to hear them! Only 3 more years until Avery goes now!