Averee's First Day of School

First off, Averee started kindergarten this year.  She goes at 8am and that made me make some adjustments to my lifestyle.  I've always been a night owl.  (my best thoughts and ideas come in the middle of the night)  And since becoming a stay at home mom 5 years ago I had kind of just let the kids stay up for awhile with me. So a 10:30 bedtime recently had to be changed to 9pm.  And the kids and I have had to get up at 7am instead of 8:30am.   I thought it was going to be harder than it was.  But we have all adjusted well.  

Averee goes to Shelley Elementary which is only a block away from us.  At back to school night we walked there and I showed her how to get to her classroom.  Then the big morning arrives.  I throw the other kids in the stroller and walk her to school and she says on the way, "you know mom, you don't have to walk me, I know the way."  It made me so proud to see how independent she was.  Especially when I witnessed several kids in her class holding on with all their might as their mom tries to pry them off her leg.  Glad I didn't have to deal with that!

Since then she's walked to school with a group of kids, and walks home alone when she gets out. (the other kids are older and get out later)  

Also, I don't know if you can tell in this picture very good, but she has a black eye thats just starting to fade.  She hit it on a table at my brothers wedding before school started and at back to school night the teacher asked her how it happened. She told her she ran into a table.  Which is the truth but sounds pretty lame. Well, at this very moment she has another black eye.  Same place and everything.  She bonked heads with her cousin on the trampoline over the weekend.  I really hope her teacher doesn't suspect anything....."uh, yeah, I usually try to hit her in places that are hidden, but man she just got me so angry those two times that I didn't think....."