[kizibits]

Yesterday was my daughter's first day of school. Granted, she's in a special Pre-K3 program for developmentally challenged kids, but it's a part of the regular school system here and she goes to the regular elementary school. She's the smallest student at the school--at 3 years she is still the size of an 18 month old--but one of the most personable. All of the teachers, her classmates, and even the vice principal are already in love with her.

I can tell she's really enjoying school, too! Yesterday when I dropped her off she really didn't understand what was going on and she kind of got whisked away before she could figure it out and get upset. I expected that she would cry today like she did when I took her to daycare, but she surprised me with a chirpy little "bye!" and went off to play with her new friends.

The only real tradition besides the annual school clothes and supplies shopping trip that I plan on at the moment is the first day of school photo. Here's Livi's... it looks like she is crying, but she wasn't. She always squints her face up like that for photos these days for some reason. I'll include another fairly recent photo that shows her pretty face...

Jeana